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Confederate · 02-09-2004, 06:53 AM

I have an ATI all-in-wonder 4x AGP card, and when i plug it into the computer it doesn't want to work. I have a computer that's only 7-8 months old so i know its capable of running a 4x card. Any tips on how this may be messing up?

shakran · 02-09-2004, 07:34 AM

we aren't there, so we don't know what "doesn't want to work" means. What exactly happens when it doesn't want to work?

Confederate · 02-09-2004, 07:41 AM

oh sorry about that, take a pill or something, basically i plug it in but i dont get any signal to the monitor, I have another PCI card with a monitor that I use so i know XP boots up. but I can't seem to get it to recognize the AGP card

Redjake · 02-09-2004, 09:39 AM

it won't recognize the card through Windows?

I'd check your BIOS, AGP may be disabled or something

Confederate · 02-09-2004, 10:03 AM

ok, i'll try that I'm pretty sure it just windows not recognizing, it, I'm at work now so when I get home for lunch I'll try it out

arch13 · 02-09-2004, 10:13 AM

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Originally posted by Confederate
ok, i'll try that I'm pretty sure it just windows not recognizing, it, I'm at work now so when I get home for lunch I'll try it out

Also, the machine will go with the first card it sees on the system bus, so you can't have both the pci card and agp card in at once or the system is going to choose one and stick with it. if the card was bad you'd be getting beeps from the bios on startup so I doubt it's bad.
Look into your bios and see if you need to set the agp bus speed (4x vs. 8x) and activate AGP.

shakran · 02-09-2004, 10:13 AM

if you have NO signal - i.e. you don't even see the startup information that displays before windows loads - then it's not a windows issue. You either have it disabled in bios, installed wrong, or you have a bad card.

Confederate · 02-09-2004, 10:22 AM

so is there no way to run a pci card with one monitor and an AGP card running to another monitor.
Sorry about all the questions, I appreciate any help I can get.

arch13 · 02-09-2004, 10:27 AM

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Originally posted by Confederate
so is there no way to run a pci card with one monitor and an AGP card running to another monitor.
Sorry about all the questions, I appreciate any help I can get.

Not if your board doesn't support it.
Besides, if your primary desktop is going to be via the agp card (which it should be for the faster bus), you need to install that and configure it before working in a second pci card.
Using two video cards of different formates (as opposed to a dual output agp card) requires a fare bit of massaging and much time on the phone with tech support.
Make sure your mobo supports your goal (suprisingly, some chipsets cannot handle this simple task)
At any rate, at least take the pci card out until you've diagnosed the agp card. It's one less variable when removed.

Confederate · 02-09-2004, 10:34 AM

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Originally posted by arch13
Not if your board doesn't support it.
Besides, if your primary desktop is going to be via the agp card (which it should be for the faster bus), you need to install that and configure it before working in a second pci card.
Using two video cards of different formates (as opposed to a dual output agp card) requires a fare bit of massaging and much time on the phone with tech support.
Make sure your mobo supports your goal (suprisingly, some chipsets cannot handle this simple task)
At any rate, at least take the pci card out until you've diagnosed the agp card. It's one less variable when removed.

oh ok that pretty much answered my question, I never realized they were compatable to run together, ah well, it was a video card out of an old computer that i wanted to move over to my current one, so it's not like I'm out any money. ah well life goes one, guess I should keep my eye out for a good PCI card

02-09-2004, 06:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
Confederate Death Leprechaun Location: College Station, TX	Can't get AGP card to work. I have an ATI all-in-wonder 4x AGP card, and when i plug it into the computer it doesn't want to work. I have a computer that's only 7-8 months old so i know its capable of running a 4x card. Any tips on how this may be messing up?

02-09-2004, 09:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
Redjake I'm a family man - I run a family business. Location: Wilson, NC	it won't recognize the card through Windows? I'd check your BIOS, AGP may be disabled or something __________________ Off the record, on the q.t., and very hush-hush.

02-09-2004, 07:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	we aren't there, so we don't know what "doesn't want to work" means. What exactly happens when it doesn't want to work?

02-09-2004, 07:41 AM	#3 (permalink)
Confederate Death Leprechaun Location: College Station, TX	oh sorry about that, take a pill or something, basically i plug it in but i dont get any signal to the monitor, I have another PCI card with a monitor that I use so i know XP boots up. but I can't seem to get it to recognize the AGP card

02-09-2004, 10:03 AM	#5 (permalink)
Confederate Death Leprechaun Location: College Station, TX	ok, i'll try that I'm pretty sure it just windows not recognizing, it, I'm at work now so when I get home for lunch I'll try it out

02-09-2004, 10:13 AM	#7 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	if you have NO signal - i.e. you don't even see the startup information that displays before windows loads - then it's not a windows issue. You either have it disabled in bios, installed wrong, or you have a bad card.

02-09-2004, 10:22 AM	#8 (permalink)
Confederate Death Leprechaun Location: College Station, TX	so is there no way to run a pci card with one monitor and an AGP card running to another monitor. Sorry about all the questions, I appreciate any help I can get.