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Voodoo 2 Fan?

7 posts by 6 people · 02 Dec 1999 - 08 Dec 1999

Chris Bloom 02 Dec 1999#507060
Okay this isn't really a question for R.A.S. but I know that alot of people who send posts here have Voodoo 2 cards and my problem is affecting my GPL racing (or bouncing off fences to be more accurate!). I recntly gort myself a Voodoo 2 for the purpose of GPL, it doesn't have an onboard fan though unlike other V2's I have seen. Occasionally (once or twice a day) my screen will freeze i can still hear the car going and the differant noises as I switch between throttle and brakes. I can get back to my desktop without rebooting by CTRL+ALT+DELETE, the computer then runs a bit slowly till i rebbot. My question is; would this be caused by my V2 overheating and would a fan sort this out, and how would I go about adding a fan? This has also happened in another game so it isn't GPL. Thanks for any help Chris
Quoted text (18 lines)> Okay this isn't really a question for R.A.S. but I know that alot of people > who send posts here have Voodoo 2 cards and my problem is affecting my GPL > racing (or bouncing off fences to be more accurate!). > I recntly gort myself a Voodoo 2 for the purpose of GPL, it doesn't have an > onboard fan though unlike other V2's I have seen. Occasionally (once or > twice a day) my screen will freeze i can still hear the car going and the > differant noises as I switch between throttle and brakes. I can get back to > my desktop without rebooting by CTRL+ALT+DELETE, the computer then runs a > bit slowly till i rebbot. > My question is; would this be caused by my V2 overheating and would a fan > sort this out, and how would I go about adding a fan? This has also > happened in another game so it isn't GPL. > Thanks for any help > Chris
I have similar symptoms - runs for a while, then freezes the screen - when I overclock my V2 too much. I suspect heat is at least partially responsible for your woes. Try running w/o the case, or setting a small (cpu) fan to blow over your V2. You could also get an overclocking utility and _under_clock the chip a few MHz. Hope this helps - good luck. Greg -- Note! Anti-spam tactics engaged! Remove the duplicate "g" and "s" before replying.
Obiwan 03 Dec 1999#507263
Do you really,really think so??? I have double voodoo 2 with fans,and have only recently started having this problem with the demo. Isn't it more probable that it is due to normal disk swapping? (just asking,not stating a fact or anything) I am actually not 100% sure my fans are wokring all right,but I run with the cover off,and haven't had this kind of problem in any other game. Regards -- Robert S?derberg If replying by mail,remove the word INGENSPAM from the adress.
Peter Ives 04 Dec 1999#507383
Could be, though I would also check to make sure it is properly seated in the slot, or even try a different slot if you have one available. I've been getting the same problems, though intermittent, since upgrading my mobo and processor which would gradually get worse and worse over a period of 2-3 weeks until I would have to reseat my Voodoo 2 and, surprisingly, also my soundcard. I was having problems seating them properly because the mobo was just slightly too low so that, once I had tightened up the***to hold the card(s) in place this would start to gradually pull them away and out of their slot. Yesterday it got to the point that I couldn't even play any games at all. Even with the computer being unused for several hours. As soon as I started up a game it would freeze immediately, not even getting beyond the opening screen. I then decided to do something about raising the mobo slightly, reinserted the cards and the problem's gone away again with no chance of them working loose. Hopefully this will finally end my problems. -- Peter Ives
Obiwan 08 Dec 1999#508038
Hmm...my voodoo fans are working fine,but I just remembered that my AMD cpu fan broke down some time ago,and I haven't been able to find a new one yet...... Robert S?derberg -----------------------------------------------------------------

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