Hello.heres my problem : My pc was running fine but i've decided to format it beacuse it was so full of old programs etc. So i formatted it , and then the video resolution is 800*600, so i try to change it, and the monitor doesnt show it. I check the videocard to see if it is plugged fine, and it is really hot. so i put another video card and worked fine in any resolution. My videocard never heated up till this moment? What i can do to solve the problem? My video card is a :3dfx Voodoo3 2000 PCI 16MB Video Card My os is: Win xp with SP1
Hehe im plannin to, but it worked perfectly before the win reinstall :S, an y other solution? No, It doesn't have any fan
Windows XP doesn't come with native Voodoo 3000 drivers since the card is so old. I had the same problem when I upgraded my wife's computer a couple years ago to XP from 98. http://www.voodoofiles.com/20167 That one worked for me and I was able to get all the resolutions listed afterwards. It was the WHQL 1.07 driver I *think* this is the same, without the tools http://www.fileplanet.com/69528/60000/fileinfo/Voodoo-3-2000/3000/3500-Drivers-For-Windows-XP
It looks now, that the card doesnt show any resolution. yesterday i lowed the resol to 800*600 whgile i had other card, so the Voodoo could show me the screen, and it did. But now, the card doesnt want to show me anything.It shows me everything till the "Windows is beggining" screen :S
I still think it is a driver issue. Boot into Safe Mode, remove old video driver and use one of those on the link I provided yesterday. 3DFX quit making drivers back in the DirectX 6 times, that's how old the card is. The link I provided yesterday has 3rd party drivers for Windows XP since there never was any provided by 3DFX and they had went under and was bought by Nvidia before Windows 2000, much less XP, was released. The Voodoo 3000 in my wife's computer works fine with those drivers but with just a straight XP install only one resolution was available. As far as the overheating, the 3000 always did run hot. That was the last model they made with heatsink only.
Ok, I Staqrted the PC in Safe mode, and the card worked perfectly (in safe mode,) in 1024*768 and the others, but it doesnt work in windows. So, maybe it is the driver, I'll check @Xian: I couldnt get the fiules from the li nks you gave me,the files there aren't there more
Ok , The Problem Was Solved I dunno exactly how it got fine, but this is what i did 1: Entered on safe mode 2: Removed the Video Card from windows 3. Reebot and log in windows normal And now i have all the resolutions available
