[RESOLVED] Problem with S3 Savage AGP Adapter

[Aliff]

Hi,

Problem : Windows gives an error message to the effect that "there is a problem with your display adapter - either the settings are incorrect or they are incompatible with your hardware".

Effect of problem - only 16 colors are displayed. Not the normal True Color (32 bit)

Display Adapter :
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Make : S3 Savage with tv out, 8MB
Chipset : Unknown (chip face hidden by heatsink)
Serial Number : 9936015326AGP-S3SAVAGE-8M
Driver version : 4.11.01.4005-6.13.05

PC :
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Processor : Pentium II-266 MHz
RAM : 64 MB SDRAM
OS : Win98
Mainboard : Legend-V (chipset Intel 440LX - 82443LX, 82371AB PIIX4)
Mainboard features : 66 MHz bus, supports PII-233,266,300 and 333 MHz processors
Monitor : AcerView 7154e

Previous Display Adapter :
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Make : S3 Virge/GX2 with tv out, 4MB
Note : Worked well with Win95 (original driver) and Win98 (using updated driver)

Other Notes :
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From Control Panel/System :

1. There is no resource conflict with other devices
2. The device is working properly

Questions :
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1. Is the display adapter not supported by the mainboard (the bus, the chipset) ?

2. If so, how can this problem be rectified ?

[Paul Cunningham]

Check your AGP aperture size in the BIOS

It should not be bigger than 64M or more than your available memory

Experiment !!

Good Luck

[Darren Wilson]

Make sure that IRQ for AGP is enabled in the bios, very important. As for all high performance (?) video chipsets , there has been a lot of problems with power supply trough the AGP slot for the chipsets. The LX boards where one of the biggest culprits in not being able to supply the correct voltage. Asus first brought this to light when their LX boards would not run a TNT based cards ( although later revisions recitified the prob ), and a wire had to be soldered between the card & chipset. This could be part of the problem. If you can try running a TNT based card on the board ( if available ) to see if this works. If so, hten the prob lies with either drivers or CMOS setup. You could also try updating the drivers for the S3 to the latest revision.

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