No AGP

bobbing · 07-30-2005, 10:03 PM

I have an Asus A7V8X-MX mainboard with an ATI 9800Pro. I also have the latest VIA Hyperion and Catalyst drivers. In SmartGart and other programs it says the AGP is disabled at 0x. I have the AGP slot set to enabled and at 8x in the BIOS.

**linderman** · 07-31-2005, 11:24 AM

bobbing

Set the AGP to 4X / they dont really get set to 8X dont believe there is a card out there that will perfrom at that setting yet / always remeber hardware comes before software = they have to make hardware that can perform at elevated perfromance levels then sotware will be made to make use of those better performance levels !!

This topic is kinda like 800 mhz bus / they arent really an 800 mhz bus / its a 400 x 2 because of DDR memory :(

maybe in the future ?? maybe

regards

joe

**UncleMacro** · 07-31-2005, 03:12 PM

The most common cause of SMARTGART with AGP off is missing or damaged chipset drivers. Have you tried reinstalling the latest hyperions. Installing some things (like XP SP2) have been known to interfere with the chipset drivers for some reason.

bobbing · 07-31-2005, 03:32 PM

I have tried all the different combinations in the BIOS and the ATI SmartGart utility. The drivers are the latest version of VIA Hyperion and ATI Catalyst.

No AGP enabled

**UncleMacro** · 07-31-2005, 07:56 PM

Other than a clean Windows install (yuck!) the only other thing I can think to try is to uninstall the display drivers and then try running it with only the display driver with no SMARTGART or control panel. That's the simplest possible software environment. Just the display driver and the GART driver and nothing else.
1) Uninstall your display drivers using the ATI uninstall utility.
2) Reboot and then install the latest hyperions just to be sure your GART driver is still okay.
3) Go to www.ati.com and download the version which includes only the display driver. It's the "Low Speed (Dial-up)" one which says "Display Driver". That version doesn't include the control panel or SMARTGART. It's the simplest driver you can use. Install that driver.

If it doesn't work then you could try the older display driver only versions at www.ati.com under "Previous Drivers and Software".

Stu_computer · 07-31-2005, 08:02 PM

yep, the chipset drivers have to be installed before the video driver cause the chipset driver does the prep for agp.

07-30-2005, 10:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
bobbing Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3 OS: XP	No AGP I have an Asus A7V8X-MX mainboard with an ATI 9800Pro. I also have the latest VIA Hyperion and Catalyst drivers. In SmartGart and other programs it says the AGP is disabled at 0x. I have the AGP slot set to enabled and at 8x in the BIOS.

07-31-2005, 11:24 AM	#2 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 19,370 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	bobbing Set the AGP to 4X / they dont really get set to 8X dont believe there is a card out there that will perfrom at that setting yet / always remeber hardware comes before software = they have to make hardware that can perform at elevated perfromance levels then sotware will be made to make use of those better performance levels !! This topic is kinda like 800 mhz bus / they arent really an 800 mhz bus / its a 400 x 2 because of DDR memory :( maybe in the future ?? maybe regards joe __________________ Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day ! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial Last edited by linderman; 07-31-2005 at 11:26 AM.

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Stu_computer Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,278 OS: Windows	yep, the chipset drivers have to be installed before the video driver cause the chipset driver does the prep for agp. __________________ Answering our questions fully and using our suggestions helps us to identify the likely cause. Second quessing, ignoring, or dismissing our questions does not help any of us and usually results in wasted time and effort for everyone.

07-31-2005, 03:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
UncleMacro TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,133 OS: Vista SP1 My System	The most common cause of SMARTGART with AGP off is missing or damaged chipset drivers. Have you tried reinstalling the latest hyperions. Installing some things (like XP SP2) have been known to interfere with the chipset drivers for some reason.

07-31-2005, 03:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
bobbing Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3 OS: XP	I have tried all the different combinations in the BIOS and the ATI SmartGart utility. The drivers are the latest version of VIA Hyperion and ATI Catalyst. No AGP enabled

07-31-2005, 07:56 PM	#5 (permalink)
UncleMacro TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,133 OS: Vista SP1 My System	Other than a clean Windows install (yuck!) the only other thing I can think to try is to uninstall the display drivers and then try running it with only the display driver with no SMARTGART or control panel. That's the simplest possible software environment. Just the display driver and the GART driver and nothing else. 1) Uninstall your display drivers using the ATI uninstall utility. 2) Reboot and then install the latest hyperions just to be sure your GART driver is still okay. 3) Go to www.ati.com and download the version which includes only the display driver. It's the "Low Speed (Dial-up)" one which says "Display Driver". That version doesn't include the control panel or SMARTGART. It's the simplest driver you can use. Install that driver. If it doesn't work then you could try the older display driver only versions at www.ati.com under "Previous Drivers and Software".