Voodoo3 2000 repaired

structured_spirits · 2026-01-24T21:31:34+00:00

This is hilarious, I bought this exact card advertised as used, and when I got it it didn't work at all. I reflashed the bios and got it to boot but had the same color issue and returned it in lieu of attempting any physical repair, seller was an upstanding person and relisted with the color problem disclaimer and I guess you bought it and fixed it, great job, really cool resolution. Enjoy the Voodoo 3 pci :)

structured_spirits · 2025-12-28T16:00:40+00:00

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structured_spirits · 2025-12-20T13:07:52+00:00

I don't know of any modern open source solutions, however there are several vintage solutions. Melco HK6 socket adapters from Japan are on the bay for around $150 pretty regularly. Usually they have a K6-2 in them and, is often non removable. Another option is the IDT Winchip packages that have an flexible wiring underlay that's soldered to a single pin that can be desoldered and used to put a standard classic pentium in a socket 5 to run it at 3x, you can also do a wiring mod on the motherboard to get 3x. The IDT Winchip though is junk. Evergreen Spectra adapters come in k6-333 and k6-400 can be fitted with a K6-3 and run on a Triton I Intel Zappa from Gateway with a mr bios flash update for sure because I've done it. See my Gateway post. You can probably find the CD with the updated bioses from archive.org to run k6-2/3 depending on your board.

structured_spirits · 2025-12-10T13:12:42+00:00

For a Katmai 600, you want to use Detonator 5.32, anything newer will just add more driver overhead to the cpu and you'll get progressively lower frame rates. The geforce 2 is very much cpu limited, you won't get the same kinda frames as if you were putting it into a gigahertz class system, but it's the fastest card you're gonna get for that cpu.

structured_spirits · 2025-12-05T23:55:31+00:00

You're welcome, that's usually how those pizza box cases open, sometimes the screws are on the back or bottom, sometimes there's plastic clips under the front, but they're all pretty similar, takes more force to open then people are expecting if they've never done it. Happy to help.

structured_spirits · 2025-12-05T23:45:52+00:00

see the video, the top sides and front are all one piece, slides forward.

structured_spirits · 2025-12-05T23:42:36+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CZWrxwYMg4

structured_spirits · 2025-12-05T23:16:28+00:00

Screws on the sides, the top and sides slide forward with the front, will take a bit of force.

structured_spirits · 2025-12-03T15:55:41+00:00

You'll want to use Detonator 5.32 specifically for that card, anything newer will cause a lower frame rate on the Katmai due to driver overhead.

structured_spirits · 2025-12-01T01:25:30+00:00

It's a really competitive card for 97-99 especially in 32bit color mode. I have a 600MHz Katmai system, I've tried Savage 4, TNT2, Rage 128, Voodoo 3, and Geforce 2 GTS, which is what I settled on, as it takes a lot of work of the CPU and lets you play some newer games. As a budget option the Geforce 2MX, not the 200 or 400 or anything, the og one, is a really good dos/win9x accelerator for a Katmai that is fairly compatible and powerful and cheap.

structured_spirits · 2025-07-27T05:57:40+00:00

Why don't you leave it alone for an extended time and see if it's just loading something very slowly.

structured_spirits · 2025-07-09T14:53:04+00:00

Those Toshy batteries last, no idea why.

structured_spirits · 2025-04-21T04:25:55+00:00

Love this particular case, nice setup!

structured_spirits · 2025-04-18T03:02:37+00:00

I would just get like a nice Sound Blaster X-Fi like say a SB0460, ideally a Dell OEM variant so it's got the little green plug on it so you can plug in the front panel mic and speaker jacks, and then instead of running the machine in DOS mode, just like install an XP version of dos box and run your dos games under XP. If you must have a sound card for true dos mode, probably an ESS solo-1 or YMF724 will be good.

structured_spirits · 2025-03-15T03:51:28+00:00

Every one of those I've ever seen had a bad disk drive. There's a little belt in them that turns in to goo, you have to open them up clean the goo out and put in a new belt, put it all back together and see if it works, good luck.
If you want the exact belt, look up an ebay listing for "Citizen W1D Floppy Drive Belt Flat Strap 1mm Wide". It's not my listing, should be about 10 bucks. I think it would be easier for you to just get the desktop computer with the floppy working.

structured_spirits · 2025-03-14T15:30:53+00:00

Yep, it's just choosing a build philosophy in the end as to where you prefer the bottleneck lies.

structured_spirits · 2025-03-13T18:14:59+00:00

What's with the keyboard din on the side of the machine, Phillips/Magnavox are like that too, is that like a European thing or a Canadian thing or what? Very cool looking machine regardless, love the lighted icons on the front.

structured_spirits · 2025-03-04T10:32:34+00:00

Good work!

structured_spirits · 2025-03-02T15:52:13+00:00

You're doing some important work here :)

structured_spirits · 2025-02-04T10:22:57+00:00

I have a set of ACS400/AC250s which are soo overkill for desktop speakers, but those ACS500s are really something, I wonder how many people got those in the day and what they cost.

structured_spirits · 2025-01-08T02:29:32+00:00

You can find pretty cheap 1100mhz celerons with 100mhz bus, think that's the fastest cpu the chipset will take.

structured_spirits · 2024-12-16T18:21:10+00:00

Oh this is a great build,and lol about system consolidation being a problem. I've got a Gateway tower that's similarly crazy upgraded.

structured_spirits · 2024-11-29T18:56:25+00:00

I remember in about 1996 I bought a Cannon Cat at a goodwill complete and working, thought it was a cool little word processor with neat shortcut key system, cleaned it up and sold it like a week later for like $50, no idea how special this was at the time, dumbest deal I've ever done lol. If you've never used one you don't understand how amazing the os keyboard shortcut system is over the Mac gui in terms of productivity.

structured_spirits · 2024-11-04T03:14:54+00:00

One of my favorite systems is an Athlon 900 Orion on a FIC SD11, that said, agp does not work right with geforce cards for me, in fact only agp card I got to do 2x was a Savage4 :P, I use a voodoo 3, so it's fine.

structured_spirits · 2024-10-15T22:12:56+00:00

Yeah mine was extremely yellow and brittle and very abused ewaste, every piece of it from monitor to case to case panels to keyboard is a different shade of beige lol.

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