Radeon 9800 Pro 128 AGP Question

Howdy,

(Before I start I will list system specs

Windows 2000 Pro SP4
AMD 1800+ CPU
Enermax 400W PSU
KT4 Ultra MB (MS-6590) (Has 8x AGP Support)
Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb
DirectX 9.0c
1Gig of Ram

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I went and installed Max Payne 2 today, found it in a bargin bin for like 10 dollars so figured why not.

Anyways...

When it finished installing it told me I did not have graphics acceleration turned on ... which seemed odd to me so I booted up DirectX Diag and decided to check it out.

I just got a brand new Western Digital HDD and reloaded my system, so I figured perhaps I hadn't updated something yet.

Now something that has always bothered me, Win2k has always detected my video card has:

Radeon 9800 Pro
Radeon 9800 Pro - Secondary (not sure why this one is there?)

Anyways, I am using the newest Catalyst Drivers. I have never had a problem with them, so I just always update to that version over the omega.

But to get back to the Dxdiag results...

So I run Dxdiag, all the tests check out as usual, DDraw acc is enabled, D3D acc is enabled, however sure enough AGP Acceleration is greyed out and disabled ... telling me that it's "Not Available"

This should not be the case.

So I goto my bios (which I even flashed and updated the bios recently to the newest amibios v1.4) and check out the AGP settings ... the AGPMode is locked to "AUTO" not even giving me the options between what SHOULD BE:

2x / 4x / 8x / Auto

So my questions are thus:

1. How do I enable my AGP Graphics Acceleration in Dxdiag
2. How do I get my options to show up in my bios for AGPMode

Now the video card is brand spanking new. My old one the fan gave up on me and ATI replaced the entire card for free (within 1 day I might add!) so it's not the card.

The spec's on the card SAYS it supports 8x AGP here:

http://www.hothardware.com/viewarticle.cfm?articleid=328&catid=2

The Specs on my MB:

http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/msikt400/index.html

So I assume there is either:

A. A driver issue
B. Some setting I have not turned on / turned on that is giving me a problem.

Please help,

Thanks in advance,

Magister.

P.s. I have also just updated my MB with the newest VIA chipset 4in1 drivers from thier main site.

 

My suggestion to you is to re-install directx9.0c. I didn't read anywhere on your post that you tried that, so give it a go before you mess with BIOS stuff I guess.

I had that same problem when I bought a new mobo. I just reinstalled both the drivers and directX9.0c and it worked like a charm.

www.microsoft.com/directx

--Kibb

 

Reinstalling Direct X didnt change anything, however what I have written below DID correct my problem:

1. Get yourself a program called: Driver Cleaner @

http://www.drivercleaner.net/dc.htm

2. Go into your device manager and remove your display adapters
3. Uninstall ATI software from add/remove programs

4. Reboot into safe mode (hit F8 loading up)

5. Once in safe mode, try and cancel windows driver updates, if you can't don't worry about it.
6. Run Driver Cleaner
7. Select wizard : and then select the ATI option that fits you best (or heck run all of them won't hurt)
8. Check add/remove programs again, make sure no ati things are there
9. Empty recycle bin
10. Reboot

Once your system is booted again follow these steps:

1. Cancel the adapter installs
2. Get out your AGP chipset drivers (get info from your MB site)
3. Install Chipset drivers
4. Reboot

Once your system is booted again follow these steps:

1. Install your display drivers (I used: 5-9_xp-2k_dd_cp_wdm_26409.exe)
2. Reboot
3. Correct display settings if needed
4. Run Dxdiag and viola AGP Graphics Acceleration should be enabled!

Run your tests again if you wish and thats that!.

Magister.