Broken pins are no reason to trash your 3Dfx card!

Опубликовано: 15 Май 2026
на канале: Bits und Bolts
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I finally got my hands on another Maxi Gamer 3D Voodoo 3D accelerator! I once had such a card which I upgraded from 4 to 8MB of video memory. Recently, I traded this card for a few other components. Since the Maxi Gamer 3D is one of those cards that is compatible to the memory expansion board, I really hope that this card can be fixed in today's episode.

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00:00 Intro
01:10 Correction
02:10 Return what once was
03:00 PCBWay
03:43 Problems with the card
04:45 Pin bending
06:53 Pin attaching
07:47 Reinforcement
08:15 Looking for loose pins
09:42 Ready for testing
11:22 Epilogue