MSI KT400-VL

[BuckeyeComputers]

Any one know this board?... here is the problem i am having.. reading thru documentation has found anything on it and of course MSI is down at the moment.. but i cannot set this board to 8x AGP.... in the bios it is set to auto and unaccessible, doing a bench mark in windows it show 2x,4x compatible slot currently running in 2x...system is running a GF4 MX 440 64mb DDR 8x/4x card am i missing something that would allow me to be able to set this?

 

[poople]

Does your video card have a jumper on it to switch between 4X and 8X?

 

[BuckeyeComputers]

Nope... There is no jumper on the video card, which claims it is an 8x card backward compatiable to 4x....no jumper on the MB which is suppose to be 8x compliante.... As i said in the bios it shows AGP MODE set to Auto...which i cannot change..In the manual it shows that this should be able to be set to 1x,2x,4x,Auto....nothing about 8x there...and running the utility PCMark 2002..(Which might be my problem is if this utility doesnt understand 8x) shows it running at 2x which might mske since as to why i cannnot change it in the bios since none of the options say 8x... is there another utility that i can use to show at what mode this card is actually running at?

 

[poople]

I agree that your benchmark software could be giving you incorrect information. I read the MB manual

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/suppo...?UID=362 &NAME=MS-6712

to see what you were referring to and I see what you mean about the auto setting.
I think that you should set the BIOS to 4X and then run your benchmark software again. If the benchmark software still shows 2x, then at least then you would know if the problem is hardware or software related.
Who is the manufacturer of your video card?

 

[BuckeyeComputers]

The video card is made by eVGA.com ... But what i was saying earlier is that it will not let me set it to 4x...it is set to auto and will not let me change it... i am going to throw a 4x card into it and see if that has any effects. maybe that will let me know if it is an auto feature that it does when it see an 8x card... which doesnt make sense because this card is also 4x capatalble

 

[BuckeyeComputers]

OK Update, Threw in an ASUS vanta 8mb 4x card and went into the bios and the AGP MODE was now setting at 4x and i was able to switch between 1x,2x,4x but no auto so apparantly when an 8x card is used it automatically switches this to auto and is not allowed to be changed...now i just to find a utility that shows what the card is actually running at...

 

[LeBodge]

SiSoftware Sandra has a wealth of system information utilities (in your case, Video System Information) which will tell you the current transfer rates of AGP.

Try a free download.

LeBodge.

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