Weird Problem With Agp Setting On X800xt Pe

xioutlawixxioutlawix Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 7118Members, Constellation
edited February 2005 in Off-Topic
Recently purchased and installed a radeon x800 xt platinum, and upon checking my display settings, the agp is set to off as shown below.

I've tried setting it to 8x, restarting, checking my bios to make sure it's set properly, and still, it keeps getting reset to off each time I restart. Is this some sort of bug in the latest catalyst drivers I don't know about, or am I forgetting to do something?

Thank you all.
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  • MrRadicalEdMrRadicalEd Turrent Master Join Date: 2004-08-13 Member: 30601Members
    ....now I have to ask this; Are your mainboard drivers up to date?

    I had a similar problem back in the 4x AGP days and it was driver related.
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  • xioutlawixxioutlawix Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 7118Members, Constellation
    Yep, using an MSI k8n neo 2 platinum, all the drivers maintained by liveupdate
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  • DrfuzzyDrfuzzy FEW... MORE.... INCHES... Join Date: 2003-09-21 Member: 21094Members
    edited February 2005
    Update your video card drivers and try diffrent settings in your bios, that might work. Otherwise, goto your ati folder and set it to 8x, then set the file that contains the settings to read only. That is, if the settings are stored in the ati folder. I dont own a x800 (wish I did) so I cant help you too much <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • MrRadicalEdMrRadicalEd Turrent Master Join Date: 2004-08-13 Member: 30601Members
    edited February 2005
    Yeah upgrade your video drivers maybe? SMARTGART checks to see if the current drivers can perform agp functions with your card and gives you the results there..


    [edit: after investigating the cause of the problem I've come to two conclusions: It's either a chipset driver needing updating or a messy ATI driver installation...]
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  • xioutlawixxioutlawix Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 7118Members, Constellation
    Ok, tried reinstalling the drivers from scratch to no avail, so I'm guessing chipset. I did mess around with uninstalling the drivers for the previous 6600gt that was in here, maybe that messed something up, I had to install a buncha stuff from the original mobo cd again.
    When you say chipset;
    I've got an msi k8n neo 2 mobo, nforce 3. So I'm assuming I should reinstall the latest nforce drivers from nvidia?
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  • BaconTheoryBaconTheory Join Date: 2003-09-06 Member: 20615Members
    Yes. Install the latest drivers for EVERYTHING. If you do this, then you can rule out faulty drivers, which cause many problems. If not, then I would suggest trying to return it and get a new one...that always fixes things.
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  • xioutlawixxioutlawix Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 7118Members, Constellation
    Yep, latest nforce drivers fixed the problem, thanks all <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    Man, that is a really common mistake, even I did it
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  • DrfuzzyDrfuzzy FEW... MORE.... INCHES... Join Date: 2003-09-21 Member: 21094Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-BaconTheory+Feb 19 2005, 11:19 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BaconTheory @ Feb 19 2005, 11:19 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Yes. Install the latest drivers for EVERYTHING. If you do this, then you can rule out faulty drivers, which cause many problems. If not, then I would suggest trying to return it and get a new one...that always fixes things. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Not all the time, some times older drivers run better than newer ones, depending on the manufactuerer of the brand of card (saphire, yada yada)
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