Forcing AGP 4X

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 5:32 pm

KD7-RAID (VIA KT400)

need to force it down to AGP 4X instead of it defaulting to AGP 8X with an 8X card in there...

anyway to force it down to 4X?

i've tried using rivatuner and powerstrip but it wouldn't let me change it

and i don't see any options in the BIOS

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 7:38 pm

in bios under "advanced chipset features" then under "agp and p2p bridge"

u'll see it.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 8:34 pm

Originally posted by YARDofSTUF
in bios under "advanced chipset features" then under "agp and p2p bridge"

u'll see it.

nope, don't see it, check out what it says in my manual about the AGP Data Transfer Rate:

"Two options are available, 2X and 4X, If you install the AGP adpater that supports AGP 3.0 , this item will dissapear"

damnit

so in AGP 3.0 (8x) the option isn't there in the BIOS

thats why i haven't seen it

but i still need to force 4X

anyway with a software program?

Mr White · Post by **Mr White** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 9:01 pm

Why can't you do it in powerstrip? It wont save the setting or you can't access it?

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 9:04 pm

Originally posted by Mr White
Why can't you do it in powerstrip? It wont save the setting or you can't access it?

it won't save the settings

i unclock the read only option

then i change it to 4x

hit apply, and it goes back to the 8x check mark lol

it don't stick

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 9:45 pm

In the new release of drivers 6200...

you can use the smart gart... try that assuming of course you are using a 9700.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 10:06 pm

Originally posted by PING
In the new release of drivers 6200...

you can use the smart gart... try that assuming of course you are using a 9700.

Its a GF4 Ti 4200 8X AGP card from Asus

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 10:31 pm

Originally posted by Brent
Its a GF4 Ti 4200 8X AGP card from Asus

damn... Ill try to look more...

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 10:43 pm

brent -- i think there's a pretty big voltage difference between 3.0 and 2.0..so i think it's safe to say that unless the board can shoot .8v to the agp slot w/ 2.0 standard..then it won't work..and that's probably why it disappears (i think 2.0 is 1.5v and 3.0 is .8v)..so i don't think so buddy. I doubt it's possible unless they've some good engineers.. on the flip side, this is just my reasoning through it and i'm certainly not an electrical engineer or board designer..so maybe they could add it w/ a bios upg.