Can someone help me?

[Dputiger]

I need a DEAD Voodoo5: Let me explain.

I'm in college and broke--my V5 was a present. I accidently NUDGED it the other day and a capacitor broke off.

When I sent the card in for repair, I was informed that two additional capacitors were broken and a transistor as well. The guy working on it for me tried very hard to fix it--he even called 3Dfx and Nvidia trying to get the schematic to identify the part--but no luck. He didn't even charge me, and mailed the card back for free.

IF I can find a dead Voodoo5, he says there's a good chance he can repair the card by replacing the missing parts.

I CANNOT afford to replace this card. I'm absolutely broke, my parents are broke, I owe thousands of dollars to my college, and my loans just got shorted, so I have to borrow yet more.

Does anyone here have any idea where I could find a dead card to attempt this repair? I'm desperate here.

[jamis]

Do you have the capacitors that broke off? If so, you could probably take them to Radio Shack and see if they have them

[Dputiger]

The one capacitor I have has been soldered back on the board. The two missing capacitors (and transistor) are gone.

[charmler]

Get a new one from a local computer shop or whatever and take that to radio shack then return the new one.

[Dputiger]

Let me rephrase:

That's theft. Destruction of property. I'm not going to be unethical.

[Bsdboy]

Maybe someone with a 5500 and a good digital
camera can send you some detailed pictures
of their card you might be able to read
the numbers.I know this is a long shot
but you might get lucky.Or if you can post a picture showing where the parts are missing
someone can look at theirs and give you the part numbers

Busboy err Bsdboy

[Dputiger]

Well, we've got the part #"s--but we need the Replacement transistor #'s off a card--I think it takes a magnifying glass. Still, I could post which parts are damaged.