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My graphics card just died... :(
« on: March 29, 2003, 11:42:13 AM »
Good thing I still had thatr old i740 lying around. :)
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Re: My graphics card just died... :(
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2003, 07:28:43 PM »
One of the capacitators are loose, so it's operation is in an intermittent kind of way... :-)
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Re: My graphics card just died... :(
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2003, 07:33:16 PM »
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Yeah, it shure beats the Parhelia anyday :-) :-) :-)

It's the best damn card I've ever had.
The very first AGP card I ever bought. The only one that is still working! ( OK, I screwed up the Savage 4 myself, by overclocking it into eternity... :-D )
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Re: My graphics card just died... :(
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2003, 07:28:08 AM »
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I have never broke one of mine and I have had plenty and still have plenty.

I don't know how you people do it. Well, besides overclocking it in to oblivion. That's not very smart though.

Mainly by buying things as cheap as possible.
I've come across many brands of computer perpherials that have generally been crap at best.
The only exception has been a taiwaneese company called Daytona.
All products that I've ever bought from them has been working perfect from first day ( except that certain Savage 4... :-D ). The SW package that comes with the cards suck ( mainly 2D MS-DOS games  ), but the cards work fine when using reference drivers.

The problem with my Kyro was related to bad soldering though. It's probably an easy fix for any one good at soldering small stuff, but as I've ordered a new computer I don't really care.
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Re: My graphics card just died... :(
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2003, 07:34:13 AM »
Update:
I've managed to find Direct3D capable Windows XP drivers for the i740. Now I just have to dig that ol' Voodoo 2 out of the closet and find some XP drivers for it... :-D
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Re: My graphics card just died... :(
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2003, 08:18:17 AM »
Unfortunately not... It was a Kyro II ( from Inno3D )
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Re: My graphics card just died... :(
« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2003, 10:21:04 AM »
Indeed.
For someone with better soldering skills than me, it would probably be easy. I've ordered a new computer anyway, so I don't need it anymore...
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