AGP disabled - why?

[airbear309]

I found a program called Redline and it seems to do everything RivaTuner did for my GF4. However, Its now displaying the following information....


Cpu
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Model: AMD Athlon (tm) XP 2100+
Version: Model 6, Stepping 2
Speed: 1737 MHz

Video
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RADEON 8500 SERIES
- Ram: 128 MB
- DAC: Internal DAC (400MHz)
- AGP: Disabled
- Mode: 1600x1200x32 (75 Hz)


Everything looks correct except the AGP info. I have AGP enabled in the BIOS so I'm not quite sure why its saying disabled. I have a ASUS A7N8X motherboard which supports AGP 8X. Any info on why this is happening?

Thanks again.

 

[kylebisme]

motherboard drivers.

 

[Regs]

Yeah, Im guessing you have a VIA motherboard that needs the updated 4 and 1 drivers located here .

 

[airbear309]

Here's a link to the mobo I have

Given my limited knowledge of hardware, I dont think this board uses a VIA chipset. If I'm wrong forgive me... hardware is not my niche.

 

[Regs]

You are correct, it is a nForce 2 motherboard chipset. In that case, download the newest Nvidia chipset drivers from here

http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_udp_winxp_4.27 for windows XP
http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_udp_win2k_4.27 for Windows 2000

But I got a small hunch redline is just giving you false information. You can download http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php and know everything you want to know about your hardware set up including the AGP bus.

 

[airbear309]

Problem solved... I updated my mobo with the lastes nForce drivers and all is well...

Cpu
-------
Model: AMD Athlon (tm) XP 2100+
Version: Model 6, Stepping 2
Speed: 1737 MHz

Video
-------
RADEON 8500 SERIES
- Ram: 128 MB
- DAC: Internal DAC (400MHz)
- AGP Rate: 4X
- AGP Fast Writes: Enabled
- AGP Sideband Addressing: Enabled
- AGP Request Queue Depth: 31
- Mode: 1600x1200x32 (75 Hz)


Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!!