Re: Via KT400 and AGP 8x Support

John Bradford (john@grabjohn.com)
Thu, 12 Jun 2003 09:27:28 +0100


> The only other solution is to kick your card down into AGP 2.0 mode, which
> most BIOSes do not allow you to do in software. Instead what you have to
> do is cut/unsolder traces on your video card for the pins used for AGP 3.0
> detection. This is a near-permanent and horrible solution but it does get
> everything working. :-/

Insulating tape on certain pins works on ISA cards, but whether it would be
practical on the smaller pins of an AGP card, I'm not sure.

John.
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