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forrehmmnd

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I just recently bought a voodoo 3 2000 pci video card for my retro comp which is in my sig. the problem is when i get past the login screen on windows 95. the icons on the screen are transparent and not usable. and as soon as i click on anything it freezes and i have to restart. it doesnt do this with the integrated and i have tried multiple reinstalls of the drivers etc. anyone have any ideas ????:confused:
 
win 95 ??!?!? VERY OLD stuff !!!, u better install win98 or winME
 
rofl got em off the cd
lol, anyways id like to keep 95 as i still like it and the card says it will run on 95, so why isnt it. :confused: :confused:

also, the ram it has is soldered onto the motherboard and theres only 1 slot. takes pc 66 and thats really hard to find.
 
Windows 95 works fine with 16 MB of ram. Windows 98 would probably need 32.

Does WINME let you play dos games? I know with 98 and down you could log off windows into ms-dos mode.

I am making going to be using a computer with a k6-2 400, fic va-503+, sound blaster live 5.1, 64 MBs ram, TNT 2 32 MB. I've owned the motherboard for 10 years now, lol. I may as well put it to some use. Just need to get myself a fast 4-6 GB hard drive. Not sure if I want windows 98 or 3.1 on it yet.
 
thats the reason i didnt use 98 or me, is because i could play quake 1 on them, lol. still, any1 got ideas bout the graphics card ?
 
forrehmmnd said:
thats the reason i didnt use 98 or me, is because i could play quake 1 on them, lol. still, any1 got ideas bout the graphics card ?
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Try the drivers from the webpage I linked :p

Your retro PC sounds awfully similar to my old PC. Is this a older Compaq Presario by any chance?
 
nope, same issue, jsut right after i click ok at login it freezes or goes a bit further and then freezes, gets multiple errors and then i have to shut it down:confused:

pls any1 ? i really want to get this working.
 
Could it be overheating? It sounds like it may be a bad card. It does not sound like a driver issue. It sounds exactly like it is overheating. Try modifying the cooling on it.
 
well if its a bad card im going to want to return it. if it modify the cooling will it be returnable ?
 
forrehmmnd said:
well if its a bad card im going to want to return it. if it modify the cooling will it be returnable ?
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No need to modify the cooling. The Voodoo3 is passively cooled and even then does not run very hot. If you want to eliminate heat as the culprit you could simply aim a spare 80mm fan at the card and test it out.
 
ooo man you dont know the half. this thing gets insanely hot without a fan, im trying a fan soon. the heatsink on its tiny 2. prolly 1.5 iches 1.5 inches
 
yeah the cooler helped little if any ? any more ideas lol. i really want this to work
 
Do you have another pc to try it in?

Also, be sure your Win95 is up to date, and has DirectX installed.

Is this an old install of Win95? If not, then do a fresh format and install.
 
i cant, i dont have a w95 disc and yes direct x is up to date. ill get back to you on the other comp
 
When it does this freezing thing, unhook your monitor and hook it up to the integrated graphics chip and see what happens. I am thinking there is a chance that they are both trying to run together and from what I remember, that didnt work with Win95.

This sounds like it could be an IRQ or some resource conflict. Also, are you sure you have the integrated graphics disabled?
 
i cant disable it, ive been through the bios multiple times and cant find where to do it.
 
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