AGP Settings & WinXP

Recently upgraded from 98SE to XP Pro. Everything seems to work
properly except the AGP settings functionality. When running 98SE, the
AGP setting speed defaulted to 4X. Now, it defaults to off and won't
set any higher. Ran SMARTGART and both AGP Write & Read are set to off
and will not turn on. The only place it becomes noticeable is running
NHL 2004. Used to be able to run the game at the highest resolution my
system supports (1280 x 1064). If I run it that high, the game play
shuts the game kicks me back to the desktop and I can't run it higher
than 800 x 600 without the game play becoming choppy.
I've downloaded the latest IDE Bus Master, AGP, and IRQ drivers for
my system, set AGP BIOS to manual and the speed to 4, and
uninstalled/reinstalled the latest ATI XP driver (6.14) and Cat 4.4, but
nothing seems to work. Anyone have an idea of what I haven't done? Cheers

Theo

AMD Duron 1.3
Radeon 7200

Is fast writes on in bios ?

Have had it both enabled and disabled with no effect.

LostSoul wrote:

>Is fast writes on in bios?
>

"Theo Weber" <t-bweber@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> Recently upgraded from 98SE to XP Pro. Everything seems to work
> properly except the AGP settings functionality. When running 98SE, the
> AGP setting speed defaulted to 4X. Now, it defaults to off and won't
> set any higher. Ran SMARTGART and both AGP Write & Read are set to off
> and will not turn on. The only place it becomes noticeable is running
> NHL 2004. Used to be able to run the game at the highest resolution my
> system supports (1280 x 1064). If I run it that high, the game play
> shuts the game kicks me back to the desktop and I can't run it higher
> than 800 x 600 without the game play becoming choppy.
> I've downloaded the latest IDE Bus Master, AGP, and IRQ drivers for
> my system, set AGP BIOS to manual and the speed to 4, and
> uninstalled/reinstalled the latest ATI XP driver (6.14) and Cat 4.4, but
> nothing seems to work. Anyone have an idea of what I haven't done?
Cheers
>
> Theo
>
> AMD Duron 1.3
> Radeon 7200

What type of motherboard?

Jim

You didn't by any chance "updated" driver during the switch of graphics
board...

The latest drivers from ATI isn't always the best...

/ J


"Jim in Canada" <warnerjim_60@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Theo Weber" <t-bweber@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:Effnc.105838$ZJ5.2426147@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > Recently upgraded from 98SE to XP Pro. Everything seems to work
> > properly except the AGP settings functionality. When running 98SE, the
> > AGP setting speed defaulted to 4X. Now, it defaults to off and won't
> > set any higher. Ran SMARTGART and both AGP Write & Read are set to off
> > and will not turn on. The only place it becomes noticeable is running
> > NHL 2004. Used to be able to run the game at the highest resolution my
> > system supports (1280 x 1064). If I run it that high, the game play
> > shuts the game kicks me back to the desktop and I can't run it higher
> > than 800 x 600 without the game play becoming choppy.
> > I've downloaded the latest IDE Bus Master, AGP, and IRQ drivers for
> > my system, set AGP BIOS to manual and the speed to 4, and
> > uninstalled/reinstalled the latest ATI XP driver (6.14) and Cat 4.4, but
> > nothing seems to work. Anyone have an idea of what I haven't done?
> Cheers
> >
> > Theo
> >
> > AMD Duron 1.3
> > Radeon 7200
>
> What type of motherboard?
>
> Jim
>
>

Forgot to mention that - it's an ASUS A7V-E.

Jim in Canada wrote:

>"Theo Weber" <t-bweber@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>news:Effnc.105838$ZJ5.2426147@news20.bellglobal.com...
>
>
>> Recently upgraded from 98SE to XP Pro. Everything seems to work
>>properly except the AGP settings functionality. When running 98SE, the
>>AGP setting speed defaulted to 4X. Now, it defaults to off and won't
>>set any higher. Ran SMARTGART and both AGP Write & Read are set to off
>>and will not turn on. The only place it becomes noticeable is running
>>NHL 2004. Used to be able to run the game at the highest resolution my
>>system supports (1280 x 1064). If I run it that high, the game play
>>shuts the game kicks me back to the desktop and I can't run it higher
>>than 800 x 600 without the game play becoming choppy.
>> I've downloaded the latest IDE Bus Master, AGP, and IRQ drivers for
>>my system, set AGP BIOS to manual and the speed to 4, and
>>uninstalled/reinstalled the latest ATI XP driver (6.14) and Cat 4.4, but
>>nothing seems to work. Anyone have an idea of what I haven't done?
>>
>>
>Cheers
>
>
>>Theo
>>
>>AMD Duron 1.3
>>Radeon 7200
>>
>>
>
>What type of motherboard?
>
>Jim
>
>
>
>

I didn't switch cards, just upgraded to WinXP. I installed the
latest WinXP drivers. Was running the latest for Win98SE drivers prior
to the upgrade without problem.

- wrote:

>You didn't by any chance "updated" driver during the switch of graphics
>board...
>
>The latest drivers from ATI isn't always the best...
>
> / J
>
>
>"Jim in Canada" <warnerjim_60@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>
>>"Theo Weber" <t-bweber@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>news:Effnc.105838$ZJ5.2426147@news20.bellglobal.com...
>>
>>
>>> Recently upgraded from 98SE to XP Pro. Everything seems to work
>>>properly except the AGP settings functionality. When running 98SE, the
>>>AGP setting speed defaulted to 4X. Now, it defaults to off and won't
>>>set any higher. Ran SMARTGART and both AGP Write & Read are set to off
>>>and will not turn on. The only place it becomes noticeable is running
>>>NHL 2004. Used to be able to run the game at the highest resolution my
>>>system supports (1280 x 1064). If I run it that high, the game play
>>>shuts the game kicks me back to the desktop and I can't run it higher
>>>than 800 x 600 without the game play becoming choppy.
>>> I've downloaded the latest IDE Bus Master, AGP, and IRQ drivers for
>>>my system, set AGP BIOS to manual and the speed to 4, and
>>>uninstalled/reinstalled the latest ATI XP driver (6.14) and Cat 4.4, but
>>>nothing seems to work. Anyone have an idea of what I haven't done?
>>>
>>>
>>Cheers
>>
>>
>>>Theo
>>>
>>>AMD Duron 1.3
>>>Radeon 7200
>>>
>>>
>>What type of motherboard?
>>
>>Jim
>>

you need to install the via agp driver (if you have this chipset) or
if your motherboard uses a different chipset install their drivers,
this is usually the problem!!

hope this helps....

Doesn't help. As I said in my original post, I have installed the
agp driver. I'm upgrading to the latest right now (4.51), but I'm not
very hopeful.

tr33lo wrote:

>you need to install the via agp driver (if you have this chipset) or
>if your motherboard uses a different chipset install their drivers,
>this is usually the problem!!
>
>hope this helps....
>
>

Let us know if it is successful. I was thinking about the VIA drivers too.
Which include the driver for the brown AGP slot on the motherboard, not the
AGP card. Get the most UTD:
http://www.viaarena.com/
Download the latest Hyperion 4 in 1 package and when installed, it will
update only the drivers needed on the motherboard. Which looks like the 4.51
you mentioned below.

By the way, did you do an upgrade over top of your Win98 installation, or
did you fdisk and reformat the hard drive for a nice clean install?

Jim

"Theo Weber" <t-bweber@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> Doesn't help. As I said in my original post, I have installed the
> agp driver. I'm upgrading to the latest right now (4.51), but I'm not
> very hopeful.
>
> tr33lo wrote:
>
> >you need to install the via agp driver (if you have this chipset) or
> >if your motherboard uses a different chipset install their drivers,
> >this is usually the problem!!
> >
> >hope this helps....
> >
> >