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More info?)
Paul wrote:
> In article <ajb4s0hpbidlhik4fkj9om1hc7k0ktc9mg@4ax.com>, _B
> <_B@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I was told by Leadtek that their A310td board would be OK for any system
>>that was AGP 2.0 compatible, or used 1.5v. Not sure if the latter is any
>>real assurance that smoke will not occur.
>>
>>Anyway, I've looked at the Asus site for P4T and P4T-E and didn't see
>>anything except 'AGP Pro'. Anyone happen to know this one?
>
>
> The picture in the manual of the P4T looks like there is a
> key in the 1.5V position of the AGP slot. That means if you
> attempted to plug in a 3.3V only video card, it wouldn't
> fit because of that plastic key. The key is there, to help
> prevent the wrong kind of card from being plugged in.
>
The P4T-E will not work with a 3.3V only video card and supposedly will
be damaged if one is used. There were big warnings about this in the box.
> AGP Pro is defined here. Pg.12 shows what an AGP Pro 1.5V only
> slot looks like. To add to the confusion, I think these pictures
> should be reversed left to right, to correspond to the photo of
> the motherboard in the Asus manual.
>
The P4T-E had a plastic plug that was only to be removed if using an AGP
Pro video card.
>
http://web.archive.org/web/20000815090340/http://www.agpforum.org/downloads/apro_r10.pdf
>
> The pictures of the A310TD (it is actually an FX5600) are
> here. The keying of the edge card is universal and supports
> either 3.3V or 1.5V, and the card will ask for 1.5V if it
> is plugged into a universal slot. In other words, it prefers
> 1.5V and will use 1.5V if given the chance. It runs at 3.3V
> on a really old motherboard.
>
>
http://www.altavista.com/image/results?itag=wrx&q=a310td&kgs=1&kls=0
>
> On another web page, I saw mention that the A310td supports
> AGP 8X, so it shouldn't be a problem to plug it into the P4T.
> At least, it shouldn't damage anything.
>
> HTH,
> Paul
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