Help...AGP (PCI) Mode issue...Intel INF driver!

[managerman1985]

Hello,

I will try to outline my problems and hopefully get some advice on how to procede next.

System Specs:

ASUS P4B533-V bios 1003
512 Corsair XMS 3200
GF4 ti4600...det30.82
p4 2.26@3.04

I started with a fresh install of WinXP. Everything was going great...system was running stable at 177fsb and DDR442, Prime95 all night...great...not so great....when I ran 3dmark I got low scores....checked and have "AGP (PCI) mode"

So I checked the message boards....and all the advice for this issue was to install the intel chipset drivers (inf). Once I did that...Boom!...the system would boot but hang at a black screen....I used the latest chipset drivers from Intel....I am stumped...

Does anyone have some thoughts on this?

Matt

 

[shathal]

1: They're not DRIVERS. They're chipset information

A driver is something you can update. What the chipset utility does is (effectively) throw switches in the OS that say "Yes/No you can/cannot do this or that".

Hence there's not much point really in using "the latest" chipset-utility, as your chipset is hardly going to magically develop new abilities, eh? .

2: You should REALLY have installed the chipset-utlity FIRST thing after installing the OS, before ANY drivers. The only thing you should install before the chipset utility is a Service Pack, and that's it.

I would personally recommend a clean install with the propper order as follows:

1. OS
2. Service Pack (for future reference)
3. Chipset driver
4. Intel Application Accelerator (the new name for their storage driver) - if you want it.
5. NOW the remaining drivers

Intel generally recommend this route, and installing the chipset drivers "late" can cause quite nasty side-effects.

I hope this helps.

- Shathal.

 

[JustinLerner]

I've never had any problems with an INF update unless I forced it when the Intel utility didn't recommend it. Also the INTEL INF updates are for developers, implementers and manufacturers, not users.

Following is the install order I recommend.

1. OS
2. INF update
3. other drivers
4 OS Service Pack

I wouldn't install Intel App Accelerator unless you really need it.

 

[CU]

Mabe some of you can help me as I am having problems also. My thread.