Fixing my GeForce 2 MX (black screen) - after 20 years!
995This graphic card is with me since 2001. I have I love-hate relationship with it. I loved it because this was my first GeForce card and allowed me to play games back then. Unfortunately, the card had issues here and there. Sometimes, the card would not give a video signal when booting the system. Another issue was that the card was unstable and frequently crashed. At some point, the card refused to provide any output signal. Just a few month ago, I decided to use the card as a subject to practice removing large chips from PCBs - which damaged the card further. In today's video, I am trying to undo the damage caused by me and I will try to revive the card to use in future content!
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Source of GeForce 2 MX BIOS files:
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Soldering iron (FNIRSI HS-01):
The iron is used only in some clips because the content was recorded at different dates.
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00:00 Intro
00:35 Current state of the card
01:49 PCBWay
02:17 History and repair
05:05 Solder bridge on memory IC
07:05 The BIOS and flash attempts
09:06 XGecu T56 Programmer
11:28 Assemble card and test
12:04 Windows tests
12:48 Conclusion and future content