SMARTGART Fast Write HELP

[Lindsten]

Hi Guys,

I have a Radeon 8500. I installed the Cat 3.6, went to SMARTGART and could
see that Fast Write was off. Did the Retest All and got it to turn on.
(however current status off) hit apply and was asked to reboot. When back in
it still off. In short, I just can't turn it on. I read in my favorite
magazine, Maximum PC June 2003 that Fast Write is part of AGP 2.0 Spec, so I
checked my motherboard manual (Soyo Dragon Plus) and yes, it supports AGP
2.0.

Why can't I turn the darn thing on ?

Any help I can get is highly appreciated

Thanks !

 

[Lithurge]

I guess Omegadrive recommends to turn it off since it
doesn't provide any speed gains and it decrease stability.
Well that makes me happier cause it implies that I don't
have to worry about it. I still can't figure out why I
can't turn it on though.

It's possible that you may need to go into the bios and switch
it on if it has an option. It could be overriding the smartgart
tab setting.