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Troubleshooting and Repairing a 3Dfx Voodoo 2!

vswitchzero 20 min Published Jan 2023

About this video

Diamond Monster 3D II, an 8MB Voodoo 2 card, is diagnosed with debugging tools including 3dfx environment variables before the soldering iron comes out for a repair attempt.

Good to know: Soldering means burns and fumes, with lead in old solder.

Why watch it

Narrowing down a Voodoo 2 fault uses debugging tools, with the Glide2 SDK linked and an earlier retrospective on the card for background.

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