Ah, a XP-M Barton user as well! I got a XP-M 2600+ running on a Soltek SL-75FRN2-RL (Golden Flame) as well. Quite the better choice over a standard desktop Barton :)
Great to see my old card getting some love. Interesting that it booted and ran 3dmark just fine for you but might very well be a difference in power delivery like you said. I've only tested it on period correct PSUs which might explain it. I got no picture at all from it while my other card works just fine in the same machine 😊 Thanks for another great video, looking forward to see the next one!
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Old hardware in a nutshell 🤣 It runs fine with no issues so far, lets hope it stays that way so I can use it for the next project! Thanks for the donation!
That TNT was my second 3D accelerator after the Riva128, and I was so very pleased with it that I kept buying nVidia cards for many years to come. It fixed all the visual issues of the Riva128 and had mature drivers right from the beginning. I also remember that this card worked fine in my Gigabyte 6BXC with a 300A@450. But when I gave it away to a friend it killed the 3.3V linear regulator in his noname cheap ass 440LX based AT/ATX hybrid board. Boards from tha period, like my 6BXC, quite often had such linear regulators for AGP which couldn't cope with the demands of later cards. Gigabyte even introduced a "Voodoo 3 jumper" which connected the ATX 3.3V line directly to AGP.
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My I ask if you remember what drivers you found the fastest for your TNT and maybe Riva 128?
@ Dude that was 24 years ago ;-) I do have both cards again, but I didn't pick drivers for speed but rather compatibility. I'm pretty sure I recently used 3.37 for the 128 and 43.45 for the TNT (because that version supports all cards from TNT to GF4).
Interesting content, i have an ASUS Strix GTX970 that i am sure failed after the pcb was sagging and i tried to support it with a zip tie likely breaking connections on it (Artifacts when booting etc) ... I wondered if heating it in the oven might level a pcb and solve the issue but anyway it sits i an box now - too nice to dispose of. What dio you think?
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Oven trick just temporary heals the bond between the die in the gpu and the package, and that problem is usually cause due to poor manufacturing in the first place. It do not reflow the card as people think, if it did people would have components all over the bottom of there oven, and some sadly do.... Bent PCB due to sag will cause BGA chips to separate from the PCB, ram chips placed close to the PCI-E slot tends to need reballing due to that, that can be fixed at home if you have the gear. Very few people would have a full kit to do a GPU but some do, the Cod3er has a station, some other people do so you could look around but the price for the work is more then the value of the card in that case. You can check my RTX2080ti video where I replace a ram chip due to bent PCB. ua-cam.com/video/F7I1wJriSOk/v-deo.html If you need professional repair services you can check out northridgefix.com/ offers services like this in the US I think. In the EU the recommendation seems to be krisfix.de/en/ Both have YT channels if you search for them so you can check out there content for more tips and tricks. I never used there services but there video content is excellent, but nowadays anything worth less then a 2080TI that would say need a GPU reball is not worth it from the impression I got, so thats why I try to fix my stuff myself I guess XD Also a dead card is still a good donor of all its ships and parts so sell or use as donor is an option.
Saw the thumbnail of the video with old video cards and my interest was peaked.
Ah, a XP-M Barton user as well! I got a XP-M 2600+ running on a Soltek SL-75FRN2-RL (Golden Flame) as well. Quite the better choice over a standard desktop Barton :)
Great to see my old card getting some love. Interesting that it booted and ran 3dmark just fine for you but might very well be a difference in power delivery like you said.
I've only tested it on period correct PSUs which might explain it. I got no picture at all from it while my other card works just fine in the same machine 😊
Thanks for another great video, looking forward to see the next one!
Old hardware in a nutshell 🤣
It runs fine with no issues so far, lets hope it stays that way so I can use it for the next project!
Thanks for the donation!
Great content as always!
That TNT was my second 3D accelerator after the Riva128, and I was so very pleased with it that I kept buying nVidia cards for many years to come. It fixed all the visual issues of the Riva128 and had mature drivers right from the beginning. I also remember that this card worked fine in my Gigabyte 6BXC with a 300A@450. But when I gave it away to a friend it killed the 3.3V linear regulator in his noname cheap ass 440LX based AT/ATX hybrid board. Boards from tha period, like my 6BXC, quite often had such linear regulators for AGP which couldn't cope with the demands of later cards. Gigabyte even introduced a "Voodoo 3 jumper" which connected the ATX 3.3V line directly to AGP.
My I ask if you remember what drivers you found the fastest for your TNT and maybe Riva 128?
@ Dude that was 24 years ago ;-) I do have both cards again, but I didn't pick drivers for speed but rather compatibility. I'm pretty sure I recently used 3.37 for the 128 and 43.45 for the TNT (because that version supports all cards from TNT to GF4).
2.08 are usually considered the fastest ones for TNT, also in my experience
Well done!
Hi ! What measuring tool will be used? for value of smd cap before changing to a new one?
Interesting content, i have an ASUS Strix GTX970 that i am sure failed after the pcb was sagging and i tried to support it with a zip tie likely breaking connections on it (Artifacts when booting etc) ... I wondered if heating it in the oven might level a pcb and solve the issue but anyway it sits i an box now - too nice to dispose of. What dio you think?
Oven trick just temporary heals the bond between the die in the gpu and the package, and that problem is usually cause due to poor manufacturing in the first place.
It do not reflow the card as people think, if it did people would have components all over the bottom of there oven, and some sadly do....
Bent PCB due to sag will cause BGA chips to separate from the PCB, ram chips placed close to the PCI-E slot tends to need reballing due to that, that can be fixed at home if you have the gear.
Very few people would have a full kit to do a GPU but some do, the Cod3er has a station, some other people do so you could look around but the price for the work is more then the value of the card in that case.
You can check my RTX2080ti video where I replace a ram chip due to bent PCB.
ua-cam.com/video/F7I1wJriSOk/v-deo.html
If you need professional repair services you can check out northridgefix.com/ offers services like this in the US I think.
In the EU the recommendation seems to be krisfix.de/en/
Both have YT channels if you search for them so you can check out there content for more tips and tricks.
I never used there services but there video content is excellent, but nowadays anything worth less then a 2080TI that would say need a GPU reball is not worth it from the impression I got, so thats why I try to fix my stuff myself I guess XD
Also a dead card is still a good donor of all its ships and parts so sell or use as donor is an option.