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Hi, I've been trying to figure this issue out for nearly a week now and it's time for me to ask for help. I have an older custom system and some of the parts are more then likely starting to go but I want to rule anything else out before buying new things. The current issue is the graphics card. I have an AGP slot and an AGP card (obviously). I turned my computer on one day and it wouldn't boot. I swapped out several different parts before coming to the graphics card. I put a PCI card in just to test and my computer booted up. It runs just as flawless as before except the video (because of the old PCI card). I downloaded and checked my system with Everest. It stated that my AGP slot is disabled, I'm not sure how this could be but it is. I've checked the BIOS and it's set to load AGP first. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers for the card. I really don't want to do a complete reinstall of Windows until the very last thing. If anyone has any suggestion on what might be causing this problem please toss it my way.

The card I have is an Ati Radeon X700 Pro, running windows XP SP3
 
Sounds like the drivers for the motherboard aren't installed. Go to the device manager and see if there's any yellow warnings? The drivers for the card are NOT the same as the drivers for the AGP interface on the motherboard. What's the motherboard? If you can't find the drivers someone will for you. You can also try cpu-z and see info on the graphics interface.
 
Thank you for the reply. I've had the card for a while and only recently it started not working. The mother board I have is Foxconn 748K7AA. I hope thats the right thing. Please let me know if you need any more info. Thank you
 
I restarted my computer after my last post and now my computer wants me to install something for a video controller. I wasn't sure exactly what the video controller is for so I can't tell it to install from a certain area as of right now. After I looked into Everest again to check the AGP slot status on the motherboard it still states disabled.

This is the info that I have for the AGP slot from Everest

AGP Controller
AGP Version 3.00
AGP Status Disabled
AGP Device Video Controller (VGA Compatible) [1002-7A7A] [NoDB]
AGP Aperture Size 512 MB
Supported AGP Speeds 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x
Fast-Write Not Supported
Side Band Addressing Supported, Disabled

Problems & Suggestions
Problem AGP is disabled. This may cause performance penalty.
Problem AGP aperture size is more than half of the system memory size. This may cause performance penalty.
 
I agree it sounds like you need to reinstall the motherboard drivers, specifically the vidio controller you mentioned. There should be a disc that came with the motherboard. It should let you choose what to install from a start/menu page.

Mactronix
 
Had the same problem on at least one AGP system of mine and the problem was, as has been said, loss/corruption of the AGP MOTHERBOARD drivers.
If you`ve lost the driver disc, do n`t panic, they are still available for download on the foxxconn website.
 
Thank you all for the helpful suggestions.

ghmage, I downloaded and installed the AGP driver, nothing new tho. On restart of the computer after installing the driver I get a window stating that a new device is detected and that it needs a "video controller (vga compatible)". I'm not sure exactly what this is but suggestions or directions on where to get it would be great.
 
The BIOS has a setting for which device to initiate first. But in short, you should not have more than one graphics card installed at once when trying to get another one to work, and that includes any onboard integrated graphics (which can be disabled in the bios.)
 
Im thinking that at this point it may be time to find the reset jumper or pull the CMOS battery and start again from scratch.
Doing either of these will reset the Motherboard to its factory settings and then you can reinstall the motherboard drivers and go from there.
It is the last option in most situations but as you seem unsure what or why you should be installing it may just be easier to start from scratch.
Try installing the drivers ghmage linked to first as they should be the ones you need but after that i would be running out of options.

Mactronix
 
Well I have the AGP drivers installed that were linked (I actually came across them before coming here and tried them to no luck). Then I just tried checking out the VGA driver ghmage linked and it won't allow me to install it I get "The system can not detect the device, please confirm that the device is configured properly and then restart the setup program". The BIOS is already set to initiate the AGP slot first and I haven't messed with any of the other AGP slot settings in the BIOS from what they were when the card was working.

I have a general grasp on the driver world but I always like to get a second or third opinion before doing anything if I'm even remotely unsure about anything. I'll try taking the PCI card out and testing the AGP card again with the new drivers installed for the motherboard. I want to hold off on taking the CMOS battery out till very very last (which is very close)
 
Sorry for the double post but it won't let me edit my earlier post.

ghmage, yes I do have the power connected to the card, the fan on the card is spinning very well
 
Yes remove the PCI card then un install the graphics drivers for the graphics card/s. when you install the Graphics card in the AGP slot it should run without drivers for a start. It will probably run at about 600x800 as default but you can reset this and then when you have a desktop you can see properly you should be able to install the card drivers.
You will get all sorts of conflicts ifyou have various driver installs on the system so be sure to remove all traces of teh Card drivers before continuing.

Mactronix
 
Ok, just to make sure I have the order correct.

Remove all video drivers from the system.
Remove both video cards
Install AGP card
Pray computer boots to crappy quality video

that look about right? oh also, the only way that I know how to remove a video driver is thru the add/remove program window. Is there an easier/more effective way?
 
Yes you have the order correct.
Device manager as said.
Add remove woorks for me, i also remove any ATI folders when i do it, just make sure you have the drivers you will be using some where safe so they dont get deleted also.

Mactronix
 
Ok I removed all ATI drivers, removed the PCI and AGP cards then started the computer with JUST the AGP card. System starts and sounds 2 beeps, goes no further then there, doesn't start the keyboard/monitor/mouse. Added the PCI card back in system only turned on no beeps or activity at all. Removed AGP card and got the standard 1 beep on system start then booted into windows like before. One thing to not is that without the AGP card in the system stopped telling me it needs a video controller (vga compatible) on startup. Also when looking in Everest to see if the AGP slot enabled the version went from 3.0 as posted above to 2.0.
 
Its begining to look like the card is bad, do you know anyone who could lend you a card to test ?
You need to check with your specific Bios version but Beep codes can be looked up on the Internet.
2 Beeps is normally a Ram issue. When you know your bios, Ami /Award etc, it will tell you on the splash screen at first boot. then look here http://www.pchell.com/hardware/beepcodes.shtml to see whats what. You can download Mem test to test your system ram but i would think if anything its the cards memory thats bad as the beeps dont happen with the pci card. Oh and another thing that isnt that important but i beleive that the AGP Aperture Size is normally set at 64mb. dont know if this could be causing the problem but its worth a go.

Mactronix
 
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