A Non-Techie Needs Help

lowduth · Jun 20, 2004, 03:09 AM

I recently purchased an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB. I'm running an Athlon 2500 at 2.06Ghz, 1 GB of PC3200 400mhz memory on an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe MB and Omega drivers. The Smartgard feature shows my AGP setting as "off" and when I try to set it to 8x, it reboots the system and I suppose concludes that the setting would make my system unstable. I ran AquaMark3 at only 22k+ score and think that maybe I've got a setting problem with the card. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

pr0digal jenius · Jun 20, 2004, 03:12 AM

smartgart is lame...set 8x AGP and turn fastwrites OFF in your bios and ignore smartgart

lowduth · Jun 20, 2004, 03:15 AM

OK..done. Smartgart still shows my AGP as "off". Is Smartgart dictating to my system or just making some kind of recommendation? If it is dictating, how do I disable it so it doesn't set my AGP to off?

grog · Jun 20, 2004, 04:18 AM

Did you install the NFORCE drivers for your motherboard. Without the AGP drivers you will not have AGP support from the OS.

Greg

dipstick · Jun 20, 2004, 04:05 PM

Yeah, sounds like you haven't installed the chipset drivers. Also leave fastwrites on if you don't have stability probs, it makes quite a difference

pr0digal jenius · Jun 20, 2004, 06:07 PM

and maybe try the smartgart uninstaller too.....it really is a fairly useless program as i never did get it to work

Necrosis · Jun 20, 2004, 08:08 PM

Indeed MB drivers but don't install the IDE driver...horrible. You also should reinstall DirectX 9 too.

pr0digal jenius · Jun 20, 2004, 08:39 PM

be sure it's 9.0b

Necrosis · Jun 20, 2004, 08:41 PM

To make a long story short you can reinstall it using this.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

lowduth · Jun 21, 2004, 07:05 AM

Thanks gang. The Nvidia drivers did the trick. I will also take the good advice and activate fastwrite. I'm glad you guys helped out as I was beginning to wonder if I had wasted money on the card. I guess Circuit City gets to keep my cash now.

Jun 20, 2004, 03:09 AM	#1
lowduth DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	A Non-Techie Needs Help I recently purchased an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB. I'm running an Athlon 2500 at 2.06Ghz, 1 GB of PC3200 400mhz memory on an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe MB and Omega drivers. The Smartgard feature shows my AGP setting as "off" and when I try to set it to 8x, it reboots the system and I suppose concludes that the setting would make my system unstable. I ran AquaMark3 at only 22k+ score and think that maybe I've got a setting problem with the card. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Jun 20, 2004, 03:15 AM	Thread Starter #3
lowduth DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	OK..done. Smartgart still shows my AGP as "off". Is Smartgart dictating to my system or just making some kind of recommendation? If it is dictating, how do I disable it so it doesn't set my AGP to off? Last edited by lowduth; Jun 20, 2004 at 03:51 AM.

Jun 20, 2004, 04:18 AM	#4
grog Roxy Music Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 623 Rep Power: 66 System Specs	Did you install the NFORCE drivers for your motherboard. Without the AGP drivers you will not have AGP support from the OS. Greg __________________ Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24" LCD Philips 47" 1080p 47pfl7422d/37 LCD ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi BIOS 1406, AMD Phenom 9600 Agena 2.3GHz, G.SKILL 8GB(4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 (PC2 6400) ASUS EAH4850 TOP/HTDI/512M PCI Express 2.0 Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro Sound Card, 1TB Hard Disk storage Thermaltake Tai-Chi VB5001SNA Black/ Silver Computer Case with liquid cooling AeroCool GateWatch-SV Silver GateWatch with LCD display, PC Power & Cooling 510 SLI-PFC 510W APC Back-UPS XS 1000 UPS, 1000 VA, 600 Watts Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit VM's (Fedora, RHEL4..etc) Klipsch ProMedia Ultra 5.1

Jun 20, 2004, 03:12 AM	#2
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	smartgart is lame...set 8x AGP and turn fastwrites OFF in your bios and ignore smartgart

Jun 20, 2004, 04:05 PM	#5
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Yeah, sounds like you haven't installed the chipset drivers. Also leave fastwrites on if you don't have stability probs, it makes quite a difference

Jun 20, 2004, 06:07 PM	#6
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	and maybe try the smartgart uninstaller too.....it really is a fairly useless program as i never did get it to work

Jun 20, 2004, 08:08 PM	#7
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	Indeed MB drivers but don't install the IDE driver...horrible. You also should reinstall DirectX 9 too.

Jun 20, 2004, 08:39 PM	#8
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	be sure it's 9.0b

Jun 20, 2004, 08:41 PM	#9
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	To make a long story short you can reinstall it using this. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Jun 21, 2004, 07:05 AM	Thread Starter #10
lowduth DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Thanks gang. The Nvidia drivers did the trick. I will also take the good advice and activate fastwrite. I'm glad you guys helped out as I was beginning to wonder if I had wasted money on the card. I guess Circuit City gets to keep my cash now.