1. This forum section is a read-only archive which contains old newsgroup posts. If you wish to post a query, please do so in one of our main forum sections (here). This way you will get a faster, better response from the members on Motherboard Point.

Can enabling AGP Fast Write on a AGP card which does not support this feature damaged the AGP card ?

Discussion in 'Nvidia' started by Andy Smith, Oct 9, 2003.

  1. Andy Smith

    Andy Smith Guest

    I have installed an Msi GeForce 4 MX 440 (4X) AGP card on a Msi combo
    motherboard (VIA KM266 chipset). I had enabled the AGP Fast Write
    feature from the motherboard for 2-3 days even though this card didn't
    support AGP Fast Write. After enabling and disabling this feature, I
    find that there is some minor problem with the refresh rate. Is there
    any chance that my graphics card got damaged? Thanks
     
    Andy Smith, Oct 9, 2003
    #1

    1. Advertisements

  2. Andy Smith

    John Russell Guest

    All you where doing was turning on the motherboard support for fast writes.
    It will only be used if the card supports it and the card has it enabled as
    well. There are tools which will tell your this, one free one which comes to
    mind is PCIlist from www.entechtaiwan.com.
     
    John Russell, Oct 9, 2003
    #2

    1. Advertisements

  3. Andy Smith

    Shep© Guest

    It's possible that the driver entries in the Device Mangler got
    damaged.Boot to Safemode/Device Manager and remove all entries for the
    card and re-boot so that windows can re-install them.
    HTH :)
     
    Shep©, Oct 9, 2003
    #3
  4. Andy Smith

    Lee Guest

    i wouldn't even bother enabling fast writes not worth it, i have a board and
    vid card that support it, having this enabled actually decreases my score in
    3dmark2k3 :-/ go figure heh
     
    Lee, Oct 9, 2003
    #4
  5. Andy Smith

    Darkfalz Guest

    I thought all Nvidia Geforce cards supported fast writes.

    It shouldn't damage your card, it should just crash if it doesn't support
    it.
     
    Darkfalz, Oct 10, 2003
    #5
  6. Andy Smith

    Andreas Mitsis Guest

    The "RivaTuner" Tweak Utility tells me if I have Fast Writes
    enabled or not. The entry under AGP controls in Low-Level System Settings
    shows "off" (greyed). Obviously my hardware does not support it.

    andreas
     
    Andreas Mitsis, Oct 10, 2003
    #6
  7. Andy Smith

    Shep© Guest

    Shep©, Oct 10, 2003
    #7
  8. Andy Smith

    Andreas Mitsis Guest

    Andreas Mitsis, Oct 11, 2003
    #8

    1. Advertisements

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments (here). After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.
Similar Threads

  1. P4G8X - is the AGP/Fast Write problem resolved??

  2. Can I Not USE the DDR feature of the A7N8X-E

  3. To write or not to write

  4. rescue damaged files from a write protected cd

  5. enabling 'write' on a mounted filesystem

Loading...