Seniorbro schrijft: "Ik heb een site-tje opgezet met oplossingen voor veel problemen die veel Voodoo3 gebruikers hebben. Veel informatie over hardware en software, oa over niet compatibele moederboarden (voltage issues) dus ook interressant voor alle TNT2 en hoger gebruikers.":
There is a problem with the combination of older motherboards and newer AGP graphic cards. This is because some of the early AGP motherboards used a linear regulator to control the power supply to the AGP slot. Linear regulators can supply at most 2.5 A of current while the switching regulator used on newer motherboards can supply up to 6 A at 3.3 V. When these motherboards with linear regulators were produced the average consumption of a graphic card was 1 to 2 A. Making a supply of 2.5 A more then sufficient. Since then graphic cards have developed and today the average consumption is 4 to 5 A. This is no problem for the motherboards using a switching regulator, but those older ones with a linear regulator run into problems such as overheating, burnouts and lockups. If your board has a linear regulator then you WILL have problems.
