that looks great RogueTrip2012 😉. did you drill the voodoo to install the fan screws?

ps: can u give some more info on recapping the v3?
ps2: can you play voodoo 1/2 games with the v3 3000?

sepultribe wrote:

that looks great RogueTrip2012 😉. did you drill the voodoo to install the fan screws?

ps: can u give some more info on recapping the v3?
ps2: can you play voodoo 1/2 games with the v3 3000?

Hi. I didn't have to drill the voodoo 3, its the oringal holes for the push pins they originally used. They come out to be a good fit for a 50mm fan.

As for the recapping I removed all the original surface mount (SMD) capacitors (small silver cylinders) and replaced all 10x of the 10uf 16v ones. In the past I've had reliability issues with the SMD caps as they tend to leak and smell bad. I actually have a diamond monster 1 (voodoo 1) that had smelled like terrible fish that I had to recap.

With the exception of a couple voodoo 1 games only working on voodoo 1 there has been no big issues playing voodoo 1/2 games on a voodoo 3

RogueTrip2012 wrote:

sepultribe wrote:

that looks great RogueTrip2012 😉. did you drill the voodoo to install the fan screws?

ps: can u give some more info on recapping the v3?
ps2: can you play voodoo 1/2 games with the v3 3000?

Hi. I didn't have to drill the voodoo 3, its the oringal holes for the push pins they originally used. They come out to be a good fit for a 50mm fan.

Most of my V3's don't have these holes. I wonder if the V3's with the holes were of newer make...
Perhaps I'll go check my V3's and see if I can see a pattern with the dates. Perhaps even create a new topic about my findings but no time right now to go and check as I'm out the door in 15 minutes or so

@ Tetrium...
What voodoo 3's do you own. If you own a V3 2k/3k/3.5k they should all have the holes (only 2). The 2k has the holes but just use adhesive to stick the heatsink on. The 3k/3.5k actually use the 2 push pins to hold the heatsink on. The voodoo 3 1000 does not have holes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Voodoo3-2000PCI.jpg <= pic of 2k PCI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Voodoo3-2000AGP.jpg <= pic of 2k AGP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Voodoo3-3000AGP.jpg <= pic of 3k AGP

No one like old hardware mixed with newer? Oh well. I ordered some SMD red led strips to put under the motherboard for effect 😀

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@ Tetrium... What voodoo 3's do you own. If you own a V3 2k/3k/3.5k they should all have the holes (only 2). The 2k has the hole […]
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@ Tetrium...
What voodoo 3's do you own. If you own a V3 2k/3k/3.5k they should all have the holes (only 2). The 2k has the holes but just use adhesive to stick the heatsink on. The 3k/3.5k actually use the 2 push pins to hold the heatsink on. The voodoo 3 1000 does not have holes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Voodoo3-2000PCI.jpg <= pic of 2k PCI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Voodoo3-2000AGP.jpg <= pic of 2k AGP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Voodoo3-3000AGP.jpg <= pic of 3k AGP

No one like old hardware mixed with newer? Oh well. I ordered some SMD red led strips to put under the motherboard for effect 😀

Here's a V3 3K without the pin holes

I did a quick check and apparently the V3 3k's indeed have the pinholes while the 2k's were missing them.
The PCI ones I have are all 2k's alas

Tetrium wrote:

I did a quick check and apparently the V3 3k's indeed have the pinholes while the 2k's were missing them.
The PCI ones I have are all 2k's alas

Tetrium bro, I have a V3 2k with the pin holes, a STB card sold in 2000 if that interests you.

Here's some updated pictures. Just took them. I still need to re-paint the powerlines. Its hard to tell but there is red backlighting under the motherboard now. Looks cool in person.