0x0030 - 3DFX Voodoo 5 5500 ReCap
1,418In the midst of building The New 98 Machine I had to stop and repair my new Voodoo 5 5500.
Mouser cart to order the same parts I used: https://www.mouser.com/ProjectManager/ProjectDetail.aspx?AccessID=60625a2313
Vogons thread: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=59870
For those who need to do this themselves:
The biggest problem you'll have is cleaning off the electrolytic fluid. If you do an isopropyl bath like I did, remove the fans. I didn't think to do that and it damaged the stickers(and probably didn't to great things for the bearing grease). I did remove and return all the stickers from the PCB though.
If you have trouble with or don't like the idea of trying to desolder the caps like I did here, there are two other methods for removing them that I know of. You can cut the caps in half with side cutters and usually pull off the remains leaving the pins. Or you can grab the cap with pliers and twist it off to break the pins loose. Personally, I prefer desoldering.
I would have loved to never had the opportunity to make this video. This came at a really bad time and is part of why my video release schedule was so messed up. The New 98 Machine project dominated my recording area making it effectively impossible to record any other videos while it was going on. I had a two week buffer of videos when I started recording, but this really screwed that up.
Playlists of more stuff like this:
Electrical Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJVwF78cppBhviWyq4RAr-cTDfSZ7F9LD
Repairs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJVwF78cppBjvYSP5UdayY7te1vBthEv2
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