Trouble setting AGP 8x Mode Abit IC7-Max3 and Sapphire ATI..

[Guest]

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I am having trouble getting my graphics card to run in AGP 8x mode.

The motherboard is an Abit IC7-Max3 and the graphics card is an Sapphire ATI
Radeon 9800 XT. The PC has 1GB Corsair TwinX RAM, and an Antec 400W power
supply, running Windows XP Professional.

The AGP setting in the BIOS is 8x Mode. When I make the changes in the ATI
driver (to 8x mode), and the PC is rebooted, AGP reverts to 'Off'. The ATI
driver documentation says 'SMartgaart' checks for stability and sets the
mode accordingly. BTW, I have downloaded and installed the latest drivers
for the graphics card.

Have I missed something? Any suggestions would be gratefully received.
Thanks.

Regards

Mike

 

[clint]

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Have you installed the latest drivers for your chipset?
http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/drivers.php?categories=1&model=5

I had a problem like that on my older Asus MB, and it was solved by updating
the chipset drivers. Happened as a result of re-installing the OS.

Clint

"Mike Noordermeer" <mike.noordermeer@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> I am having trouble getting my graphics card to run in AGP 8x mode.
>
> The motherboard is an Abit IC7-Max3 and the graphics card is an Sapphire
ATI
> Radeon 9800 XT. The PC has 1GB Corsair TwinX RAM, and an Antec 400W power
> supply, running Windows XP Professional.
>
> The AGP setting in the BIOS is 8x Mode. When I make the changes in the ATI
> driver (to 8x mode), and the PC is rebooted, AGP reverts to 'Off'. The ATI
> driver documentation says 'SMartgaart' checks for stability and sets the
> mode accordingly. BTW, I have downloaded and installed the latest drivers
> for the graphics card.
>
> Have I missed something? Any suggestions would be gratefully received.
> Thanks.
>
> Regards
>
> Mike
>
>

 

[Guest]

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Hi Clint

Thanks for your suggestion. Yes, I have already done this.

Regards

Mike

 

[Guest]

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Hi Everyone,

Thanks for your help. I found the solution at
*alt.comp.periphs.videocard.ati* [thanks to Wayne Youngman].

Regards

Mike

 

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Mike Noordermeer wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Thanks for your help. I found the solution at
> *alt.comp.periphs.videocard.ati* [thanks to Wayne Youngman].
>
> Regards
>
> Mike
>
>

What was the solution? Do you have a google url?

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[Guest]

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The latest Intel Chipset drivers weren't installed after all ... after
installation, the PC wouldn't reboot properly. I then had to reboot in safe
mode and reinstall Catalyst. Everything works fine now.

Regards

Mike

 

[Guest]

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Mike Noordermeer wrote:
> The latest Intel Chipset drivers weren't installed after all ... after
> installation, the PC wouldn't reboot properly. I then had to reboot in safe
> mode and reinstall Catalyst. Everything works fine now.
>
> Regards
>
> Mike
>
>

Thanks Mike. I already did that (with the approrpiate drivers) on my
mate's system. no luck :-(

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