I have a 1998 vintage Dell desktop with the Intel 440BX chip set and a
2X AGP bus. I installed a Radeon 9000 Pro w/128 MB video card that I
had lying around from a different upgrade. During boot after the
installation of the drivers and software, I got a message that said
there was an AGP bus failure and that the acceleration features could
not be enabled. DirectX information page has the acceleration features
greyed out and marked as disabled.

I found an Intel driver upgrade for the 440BX chip set that includes
AGP bus drivers. Everything installed OK, but the AGP bus failure
message still appears during boot after the ATI driver and software
installation.

Any insight will be appreciated.

Regards, hawk

Sorry, forgot to say that my OS is Win98fe.

hawk wrote:

> I have a 1998 vintage Dell desktop with the Intel 440BX chip set and a
> 2X AGP bus. I installed a Radeon 9000 Pro w/128 MB video card that I
> had lying around from a different upgrade. During boot after the
> installation of the drivers and software, I got a message that said
> there was an AGP bus failure and that the acceleration features could
> not be enabled. DirectX information page has the acceleration features
> greyed out and marked as disabled.
>
> I found an Intel driver upgrade for the 440BX chip set that includes AGP
> bus drivers. Everything installed OK, but the AGP bus failure message
> still appears during boot after the ATI driver and software installation.
>
> Any insight will be appreciated.
>
> Regards, hawk
>

really sounds like a bios issue - i'd check the bios for any type of agp
settings 1x/2x and set it to 1x - then look for a bios update at dell.

hawk wrote:
> Sorry, forgot to say that my OS is Win98fe.
>
> hawk wrote:
>
>> I have a 1998 vintage Dell desktop with the Intel 440BX chip set and a
>> 2X AGP bus. I installed a Radeon 9000 Pro w/128 MB video card that I
>> had lying around from a different upgrade. During boot after the
>> installation of the drivers and software, I got a message that said
>> there was an AGP bus failure and that the acceleration features could
>> not be enabled. DirectX information page has the acceleration features
>> greyed out and marked as disabled.
>>
>> I found an Intel driver upgrade for the 440BX chip set that includes
>> AGP bus drivers. Everything installed OK, but the AGP bus failure
>> message still appears during boot after the ATI driver and software
>> installation.
>>
>> Any insight will be appreciated.
>>
>> Regards, hawk
>>
>


--
Mark H --- Frag on !
NF7-S v2.0 Win2k-sp4
WinXp-sp1a

Mark H <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> really sounds like a bios issue - i'd check the bios for any type of
> agp settings 1x/2x and set it to 1x - then look for a bios update at
> dell.
>
> hawk wrote:
>> Sorry, forgot to say that my OS is Win98fe.
>>
>> hawk wrote:
>>
>>> I have a 1998 vintage Dell desktop with the Intel 440BX chip set and
>>> a
>>> 2X AGP bus. I installed a Radeon 9000 Pro w/128 MB video card that
>>> I
>>> had lying around from a different upgrade. During boot after the
>>> installation of the drivers and software, I got a message that said
>>> there was an AGP bus failure and that the acceleration features
>>> could not be enabled. DirectX information page has the acceleration
>>> features greyed out and marked as disabled.
>>>
>>> I found an Intel driver upgrade for the 440BX chip set that includes
>>> AGP bus drivers. Everything installed OK, but the AGP bus failure
>>> message still appears during boot after the ATI driver and software
>>> installation.
>>>
>>> Any insight will be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Regards, hawk
>>>
>>
>
>

I had a similar problem with a mobo of a similar age. Turned out to be
that the mobo just could'nt provide enough power (watts) to run a modern
card. The voltages were right, but it couldn't supply the amps.

You may just be out of luck as this is very much a hardware issue.

pgq

Thanks for the replies. Here is some additional information. I have
WinXP on this system in a dual boot configuration. When I boot to
WinXP, everything works perfectly. I installed the ATI drivers and
software in WinXP, but not any Intel driver updates. I never got any
AGP bus failure message and all acceleration features are active and
enabled.

I keep thinking it is a Win98 driver issue, but what else can I do
with regard to drivers?

Regards, hawk

hawk wrote:
> Sorry, forgot to say that my OS is Win98fe.
>
> hawk wrote:
>
>> I have a 1998 vintage Dell desktop with the Intel 440BX chip set and a
>> 2X AGP bus. I installed a Radeon 9000 Pro w/128 MB video card that I
>> had lying around from a different upgrade. During boot after the
>> installation of the drivers and software, I got a message that said
>> there was an AGP bus failure and that the acceleration features could
>> not be enabled. DirectX information page has the acceleration features
>> greyed out and marked as disabled.
>>
>> I found an Intel driver upgrade for the 440BX chip set that includes
>> AGP bus drivers. Everything installed OK, but the AGP bus failure
>> message still appears during boot after the ATI driver and software
>> installation.
>>
>> Any insight will be appreciated.
>>
>> Regards, hawk
>>
>

hawk wrote:
> Thanks for the replies. Here is some additional information. I have
> WinXP on this system in a dual boot configuration. When I boot to WinXP,
> everything works perfectly. I installed the ATI drivers and software in
> WinXP, but not any Intel driver updates. I never got any AGP bus failure
> message and all acceleration features are active and enabled.

That eliminates any hardware issues. The winxp disk has the drivers for
the bx chipset. The win98fe may not be complete. and the win98se does,
and i used it on my bx-boards.

http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...?ProductID=129

> I keep thinking it is a Win98 driver issue, but what else can I do with
> regard to drivers?
>

--
Mark H --- Frag on !
NF7-S v2.0 Win2k-sp4
WinXp-sp1a