Voodoo 2 SLI mode, how to get it working on a P5A-B??

[Ultima]

Hey guys,

I'm in the process of rebuilding my oldest rig, which contains the following:

Asus P5A-B, latest bios
AMD-K6-2 450Mhz @ 500Mhz
256Mb 133Mhz CL2
Riva TnT 16Mb agp
2 x Voodoo2 12Mb on SLI

I've tried to set the irq manually in the bios, and when I booted to windows, both cards were detected perfectly, and installed okay.
I went to properties, and it also stated that SLI was detected and enabled.

So I thought, great, let's try some gaming, but when I started Final fantasy, it hangs.

Now I know that these cards do not get an irq assigned automatically, do I hafya set it somwhere else too then only in the bios??

Thanks in advance.

Ultima

[JayMan]

Hmm... when i had my voodoo2's up n running i never had to assign IRQ's for them...

Have ya tried without forcing irq's?

what OS & drivers are ya using?

damn its been i long time since i've seen a voodoo2 post!!! lol i used to love my voodoo2's!!! might have to break them out again some time! hehe

JayMan

[Ultima]

I have indeed tried without forcing the irq's, but it didn't get off the ground, so.....

I am using Win98SE with drivers from a page, dunno which exactly, but they work fine.

Could it be that I have the assign the irq in resources in the properties of the cards??

Used to love em?? I still love em, I will never part from them, why ya think I still have this old rig?? Just to be able to run my Voodoo's in.

For some reason it won't run on my newer rigs.

[JayMan]

lol actually yeh i still love em... Hence why i havent parted with them either! hehe

Seriously, for their age they used to do alright before i packed em away (could run max payne fine! textures were limited by the 256x256 limit, but performance wise it was fine).

I wouldn't mind getting a rig up n running with them again to play old school 3dfx only games on... hmm...

Have ya tried ither games besides final fantasy?

JayMan

[Ultima]

Yeah,

I also tried UT and Diablo2, but both no go.

This is really an irq problem I think, I'm at work at the moment, but as soon as I get home, I'll try several things I found that might be the problem.

Will keep ya informed.

Thanks for the help

Ultima

[TOAD6147]

Do you have ACPI enabled and Plug and Play aware OS disabled in the BIOS? That may help with IRQ assignment by the BIOS instead of Windows.

[ooops]

....WOW............ when I had my dual VooDoo 2's in SLI I thought the world couldn't get any better........ LOL.


Thanks for the time travel.............

[Jarhead]

You're wasting your time. The V2 does not and never has, required an IRQ. It's very likely a driver problem. Visit voodoofiles.com and try some of the more updated (ie. hacked) versions of the V2 reference driver, especially those tailored for AMD based systems.

[skuz]

I think the cards are fighting trying to decide who will do the 3D acceleration. I remember there is a software that allows you to manually decide that such software will run on the Voodoos, that other one will only run through the main card...

Search voodoofiles.com maybe.

[washe]

Try to setup one card first, after it working properly.... get the second one connected... I bougth a Voodoo 2 long time ago... loved to play FF7 on it...