Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264814AbTFLLBz (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2003 07:01:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264816AbTFLLBz (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2003 07:01:55 -0400 Received: from inconnu.isu.edu ([134.50.8.55]:19100 "EHLO inconnu.isu.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264814AbTFLLBv (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2003 07:01:51 -0400 Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 05:15:21 -0600 (MDT) From: I Am Falling I Am Fading X-X-Sender: skuld@inconnu.isu.edu To: John Bradford cc: davej@codemonkey.org.uk, , Subject: Re: Via KT400 and AGP 8x Support In-Reply-To: <200306120827.h5C8RSEV000896@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1771 Lines: 39 On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, John Bradford wrote: > > 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. Tried it already... The pins are too small to get adequate purchase for the tape -- the friction just causes it to slide around in the slot and gets goo around. Superglue might be a better solution.... ...but I think the solder method is better. On the Radeon 9700 Pro at least there are a couple jumpers on the appropriate pins, bridged by 0-ohm surface mount resistors (i.e. simple conductors). What you can do is just unsolder the bridges and it becomes an AGP 2.0 card... If you have a very steady hand you can also resolder them to get your AGP 3.0 back. Still this is not a fun solution as you can potentially cook your card (make sure to use a 15 watt iron, nothing higher). ----- James Sellman -- ISU CoE-CS/ISLUG Linux Lab Admin |"Lum, did you just see ----------------------------------------------------| a hentai rabbit flying skuld@inconnu.isu.edu | // A4000/604e/60 128M| through the air?" skuld@anime.net | \X/ A500/20 3M | - Miyake Shinobu - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/