AGP issues.

[Malevolent]

I am having issues getting my ATI Radeon 9600 xt to run at 8x using my AGP. I have a GIGABYTE K8NS Pro motherboard and in the BIOS i made sure i set the AGP to 8X. Im using the Catalyst Contol Center software to change the AGP but it asks me to restart when i adjust the settings and when its done it Automaticly defaults to 0x. I went to the ATI site to update my drivers but it didnt help any. In the Catalyst Control center under the system info it shows that the AGP is off and i cannot figure out how to turn it on. I tried going into the device manager under system devices to see if i need to update the driver for the AGP but i cant find anything with AGP in there. This is the 1st computer i built and im still a little new at this. Any feedback would be much appriciated.

ATI Catalysts Control Center
System Info:

Graphics Card Manufacturer Powered by ATI
Graphics Chipset RADEON 9600 SERIES
Device ID 4152
Vendor 1002

Subsystem ID 7C29
Subsystem Vendor ID 174B

Bus Type AGP
Current Bus Setting AGP Off

BIOS Version 008.017D.016.00
BIOS Part Number BK-ATI VER008.017D.016.000
BIOS Date 2004/05/08

Memory Size 128 MB
Memory Type DDR SGRAM / SDRAM

Core Clock in MHz 500 MHz
Memory Clock in MHz 297 MHz

Primary Display Yes

 

[vegasgmc]

See if theres an updated BIOS for the motherboard. Also right click on the desktop and select Properties-Settings-Advanced and the AGP settings are there. There were some major issues with the 9600 cards and nForce 2 chipsets and it may be carried over to nForce 3.

 

[Malevolent]

When i go into Properties-Settings-Advanced i cant find anything with AGP. Its like the AGP doesnt exist.

 

[ink]

try this maybe!

try setting this (Current Bus Setting AGP Off) to on or to 67 (not sure of your mobo settings), also the direct x diagnostic tool may help u also (located in C:\WINDOWS\system32\dxdiag) i have had a similar prob before but was with my nf2 board. ati has a driver removale tool, try to remove the drivers and uninstall the card in device manager, reboot into bios make sure agp 8x is on, set agp bus to 67, and make sure the init display is set to agp. then rebbot and install the drivers again. if it dont work then maybe try an older driver set aswell. hope this helps.

 

[chrisdavis]

There is an issue with the 9600xt not working correctly in 8x. Go into your BIOS and set your AGP to 4x. I had the same problem awhile back.

 

[robikewl]

Are you getting any specific errors.
Try PC information utilities and see what they show. You can try updating the chipset drivers for the Motherboard as a last resort.

 

[Malevolent]

I've uninstalled the card and the drivers, then i reinstalled them but it didnt resolve the issue. I cant even get the card to run at 4x. Im not getting any errors. I cant find AGP settings anywhere in my operating system(windows xp home) to turn the AGP on or even update the driver. In the BIOS everything looks ok unless im missing something. How do you change the AGP bus to 67? i couldnt find an option for that anywhere. I'll look into updating the Chipset drivers, never done it before.

 

[Malevolent]

Yay!

I updated the Chipset drivers for the nvidia3 and then change the AGP setting in the Catalyst Control Center to 8x and after i reboot my PC it remained 8x. dxdiag shows the AGP accelerater is enabled so it looks like that worked. Is there any other way to verify its working properly?

Thanks for all your feedback. My friend referred me to this sight and im glade he did.

 

[ink]

well if it shows 8x in bios and in direct x tool you r good to go.

 

[ink]

oh and by the way gratz, im glad u got it working.

 

[Helgon]

Omg

hey, i found this topic and found that my problem is excactly the same. But my problem is with an nforce2 ultra 400 card. So if it worked for you after u updated chipset i will try that as well. It's just that i cant find how to update it. Anyone who can give me a hint, help me please. I've been workign with this problem for days! xD

 

[robikewl]

Try this

It seems u have a nforce2 motherboard, below is the link that might help

http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_udp_winxp_5.10.html