It ain't a hardware thing, and the 3dfx already has a heatsink.
Various 16 bit resolutions and configured and I have Q3 UT SOF
etc. all working fine in runlevel 3.
Thnaks anyway,
Mike
On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Tom Brinkman wrote:
> On Friday 09 March 2001 06:01 pm, Mike MacCana wrote:
> > I have a 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000. In runlevel 5, whenever I attempt tp change
> > to another configured reolution, X changes to that resolution and them
> > promptly hangs. I can't even go to another virtual terminal to kill it.
> >
> > In runlevel 3, all is love (ie, its AOK)
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Mike
>
> Well other than that the motherboard, it's chipsets, and the monitor,
> etc. down to the power supply and the oulet it's plugged into (hopefully
> on an UPS), and how well it's all configured from the bios on up, all have
> somethin to do with what you see on the screen, no ;>>
>
> I've got a 3 yr. old V3-2k pci on an BX motherboard oc'd 135%,
> with X at 1024x768x16 and a very el cheapo ($150) 17" MagView. I just
> tried C-A- +/- and it switched resolutions just fine. KDE2.1, XF-4.0.2,
> LM7.2, 2.4.2
>
> The only thing I can think of that might help is the first thing to do
> with a Voodoo3 is to take one sheet metal screw and use it to attach a $2
> cpu fan to it's heatsink. Other than that, I doubt the Vcard is the
> culprit. Prob'ly the next most important factor is to not try'an run any
> 3dfx card with X at any resolution more than 16bpp.
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