e-Geforce Fx5200 agp card not recognized?!

movertrader · #1 (**permalink**) 18-09-08, 11:05 PM

I'm trying to install this 8x AGP card to the 4x AGP slot of ECS P4VMM2 motherboard with VIA VT8751(P4M266)/VT8233 chipsets. There is no signal coming out of this card to the monitor. The on-board integrated card works, a few old AGP card also works on that slot. I talked to eVGA guys and they said the video card should back-compatable with the 4x AGP slot. Then I was told that the video card follows AGP 3.0 standard, but the AGP slot is AGP 2.0 standard. So I installed the via_4in1_443v driver in which the AGP driver has a description of "AGP 3.0 supported". Unfortunately, the problem still remains the same.

Is there other things I need to try before giving up the hope to get a better video card to work on this old computer?

Thanks in advance.

Mr. Chris · #2 (**permalink**) 19-09-08, 04:45 PM

Even tho you installed a driver that has support for AGP 3.0, your hardware is only AGP 2.0. Software cannot fix the hardware.

But, I see no reason that the FX 5200 shouldn't work in that board. Have you tried that "new" card in another PC to see if the card is good? Chris.

movertrader · #3 (**permalink**) 19-09-08, 07:33 PM

yes, that fx5200 card works on other computer.

movertrader · #4 (**permalink**) 19-09-08, 07:34 PM

do you think upgrade bios may help? if so, where can I find such upgrade?

Mr. Chris · #5 (**permalink**) 20-09-08, 05:13 PM

Any updates to the BIOS will have to be from ECS, as they are the ones that wrote the BIOS for the board. You could give it a shot, but if you have never flashed a BIOS before, be very careful. Chris.