Mystery: Fixing Discolored Voodoo 2 VGA Output (Creative CT6670)
Channel: Bits und Bolts
Date: 2024-04-05

This CT6670 Voodoo 2 from Creative suffers from bad solder joints. The debugging tool mojo reports an incorrect number of TMUs as well as wrong memory sizes for each chip. I thought a simple reflow of the solder around all 3Dfx chips would solve the problem - but that wasn't the case. This Voodoo 2 card has a lot more issues than I initially thought!

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▬▬▬▬  *Timestamps*  ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
00:00 Intro
01:13 Reflow solder of 3Dfx chips
03:33 PCBWay
04:09 First test
04:42 No red color
06:00 Looking for faults
08:18 Replace bus switch
10:42 Second Test
11:20 Announcement & Conclusion