Voodoo5 vs Voodoo3...

[flaviosr]

Hi to all again,

my "SuperA1200" has the following HW:
* Blizzard 603+ 240/50 (with 256 Mb 60 ns)
* Mediator 1200 first type
  * SB128 (I have just bought a Terratec 512i)
  * Voodoo3 3000
  * D-Link DFE-530TX
  * Elbox Spider II USB
* DCE FlickerMagic
* Elbox PC-Key 1200
* HyperCOM 3+ clockport
* HK Computer Vector Maus & Joystick adapter (plus)
* IDE-Fix 97 with Plextor PX-810SA & Maxtor 6Y080L0-YAR
I am using the last revision of the drivers sent by Elbox!
Every is ok (apart the problem with the SCSI of the Blizzard) until...

... today...

I tried to connect a Voodoo5 5500... I connected the power and everything was good!
But after an hour... It does not work anymore!
The strange thing is that the card is seen perfectly by PCIInfo but it does not display anything!!! ABSURD!!!

Any suggestions?

Thanx again

[flaviosr]

what psu do you have on that rig. the voodoo5 does use more power than the voodoo3 and you have quite a bit of hw. my first thought when i upgrade my system and something works temporarily or intermittantly is power.

Well, I have what I think it's the standard PSU for a Power Tower.
It's a 230 W PSU and I think it's enough... Uff... it's a very strange situation!

[flaviosr]

Go back to Voodoo3, it's better supported anyway.

SIGH and ARGH!!!

[flaviosr]

Listen to your inner toolman and add more power!

The devil whispers!

[flaviosr]

I have found out which is the problem!!! ((
I wrote an email to Elbox and this is the answer:
"
  This is a problem of noise on the A1200 reset signal.

  Voodoo 5 should always start with ProductID: 9.
  Sometimes it starts with ProductID: 7, which is not correct.

  This problem has been solved in the SX and TX models, where
  we have added buffering of the A1200 reset signal.
"
Anybody have an idea on what I could do (without changing the busboard)?