[pchelpers] Re: AGP Card

Hi Nigel,

Sunday, August 22, 2004, 7:14:17 AM, you wrote:

NH> I found these two links Scott. Im sure it should have the info you are
NH> looking for:

NH> http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/agprm/whyagprm.htm
NH> http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/agprm/

The Intel site doesn't seem to make it especially clear, but the
retention mechanism should be designed into the board. If present,
it's usually relatively obvious to use; the hard part may be getting
the card back out again, if not familiar with the mechanism.

For notherboards that don't have such a mechanism, including on PCI
slots, I generally bend the bracket of the card outward a bit, if
possible (occasionally the bracket is reinforced and/or there is
little play available for bending the bracket); this helps keep the
end of the card from popping out.

Most 8x cards will work in 4X slots; the box and/or manufacturer's
site should clarify this. Some BIOSes have a setting for the AGP
speed. In particular, some boards default to 2X but have a setting to
enable 4X.

Also check that the video frame buffer (whatever it's called; I don't
think it's called that) is at least as big as the video memory size
(128MB in this case).

NH> Cheers!!
NH> Nigel

NH> -----Original Message-----
NH> From: pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
NH> [mailto:pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Scott
NH> Sent: 22 August 2004 10:26
NH> To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
NH> Subject: [pchelpers] AGP Card

NH> With regard to the message, I've sorted out the problem, and it wasn't to do
NH> with the card.

NH> But if someone could give me some advice regarding the retention mechanism I
NH> would be grateful. I've the card installed without this and it seems to be
NH> working fine.

NH> Thanks
NH> Scott

NH> -----Original Message-----
NH> From: Scott [mailto:scottyg@xxxxxxxx]
NH> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 9:07 AM
NH> To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
NH> Subject: AGP Card


NH> I just recently bought a used video card Tornado Geforce MX(440)8x 128MB.
NH> But there has been problems since I've installed it.
NH> First of all when trying to start up some game I get a message that there is
NH> not enough windows free swap space.  This has never happened before.  I took
NH> the card out and the game works fine.
NH> The opening some files the computer just shuts off.

NH> There are one or two factors and maybe someone on the list could inform me.
NH> First of all my AGP slot is an older one and in my motherboard manual it
NH> says that I need to get a retention mechanism. I don't have one, but the
NH> card went in no problem, and there was no problem installing the drivers.
NH> Second, the slot supports up to 4x.  But as I understand, the card should
NH> still work, but just at 4x.
NH> Third. I'm using a Celeron 688 with 128MB memory. I've an Intel D815EEA
NH> board running at 66Mhz. So I don't know if maybe the card is too big and
NH> powerful for the board.

NH> Could some of these factors come into play, or is it could it be just a
NH> faulty video card?

NH> Thanks for your help

NH> Scott

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