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Dan, like everyone else, I have problems in my life. But, I don't go
telling the world, my friends and acquaintances or family about it, or hint
at it. Just look for ways to improve my outlook on things.
I've been reading and posting under different names since Uncle Buck was
around and active in newgroups, and there was no such thing as spam or
pop-ups.
I use the term "lowly and insignificant" to shy off ill-meaning responses
when its anticipated. It works sometimes. Even in newsgroups with the
typical thugs. It has nothing to do with my emotional state.
"Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F346204F-8397-4F76-8F66-EA04DE1AA0F4@microsoft.com...
> Buck up and Cheer up Little Dave -- I for one am glad you post here if
that
> makes you feel a little better than my day is made and if not then oh well
> life goes on, I guess.
>
> "Lil' Dave" wrote:
>
> > So, you're indicating that disabling the bios setup features for AGP
> > mentioned by the original poster, may in fact be as set in that fashion
to
> > allow full operability and stability of an add-on AGP card.
> > And, the assets disabled were meant to either communicate same with the
> > onboard video chipset, or similar AGP chipset.
> > Makes sense to me, and the information you've provided is pertinent to
the
> > question posed at the end of the original post in my lowly and
insignificant
> > opinion.
> > "... et al." <look@sig.bcause.this.is.invalid> wrote in message
> > news:jKd8e.22070$d5.162284@newsb.telia.net...
> > > Gary S. Terhune wrote:
> > >
> > > > Locating and installing the proper chipset drivers is a good idea,
if
> > > > they aren't already installed.
> > > >
> > > > However, such an exercise will not enable those functions if they're
> > > > disabled in BIOS, which appears to be the case.
> > > >
> > >
> > > 'those functions'
> > >
> > > -quote begin-
> > > > > I have an Award Bios. I have been through every inch of it, I
think.
> > > > > The only related settings I see in bios are as follows;
> > > > > AGP fastwrite - disabled
> > > > > AGP master write - disabled
> > > > > AGP master read - disabled
> > > > > AGP driving control - auto
> > > > > AGP mode - 4X
> > > > > AGP aperture size - 64
> > > -quote end-
> > >
> > > I don't know what 'master write/read' is, but took 'driving control -
> > > auto' to mean that AGP might be functional with approriate drivers
> > > installed. And i did write "I think you should ...", as in no harm
with
> > > trying and easy to do.
> > >
> > > The poster didn't state computer/motherboard/MB chipset/, or whether
the
> > > graphics where integrated on the motherboard or not.
> > >
> > > In my main PC i have a Nvidia GeForce 3 based card in the AGP slot on
> > > the motherboard. 2 items 'Fastwrite' and 'Sideband addressing' are
> > > disabled in the graphics cards BIOS, and only accessible by using
> > > tweaking sowtware. When people asked if/how to enable them over in
> > > a.c.p.videocards.nvidia many an answer was to leave them disabled
> > > because they could make your system unstable. Things may be different
> > > for newer chips, but then it would probably have been 'mode - 8X'.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Please followup in newsgroup.
> > > E-mail address is invalid due to spam-control.
> >
> >
> >
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