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Hi,

I'm looking for a more recent Flash bios upgrade than my current one which is 8/17/00

BIOS Date: 08/17/00
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 08/17/2000-i440BX-W977TF-2A69KC39C
BIOS Eval: 08/17/2000
Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX rev 2
Superio: Winbond 977TF rev 0 found at port 3F0h

Im specifically having problems with a new AGP graphics card (geforce2MX400), and i have been advised to set the BIOS to run the card at 2X agp, thus forcing WinXPPro to do the same - at the moment when i enable the card the system crashes and i have been told thats because winXP is defaulting to 4X AGP. The card is apparently able to be run at 2X, but there is no option in the BIOS to change this. Any other suggestions to sorlve the problem would be greatly appreciated - otherwise its back to the shop for a refund!

Cheers in advance all!

This board has Intel 440BX chipset which does not support AGP 4x. It supports only AGP 2x so this is not AGP problem.
Download and install new drivers for your card.

Yeah, i know it cant support AGP 4x, but the card's manual states it can run at 2x and 1x - the latest drivers from nvidia's website make no difference - the problem is the same. This is the second card of the same model i've had as I thought the first one might have been faulty.

What card do you currently use?

My original card was an ATI All In Wonder Pro (identified by dedvice manager as Ati Rage Pro AGP 2X)

The new card is a Jetway GeForce 2 Mx400 w/tv-out. This is the card currently installed, but disabled in device manager, cos it crashes whenever it is enabled. I believe the system is currently using a default VGA driver instead?

If you remove the card from Device Manager and reboot, Windows should redetect it and reinstall drivers.
Have you removed drivers for the ATI card?

yeah all drivers gone as far as i can see - card has been in and out often enouygh with no change - every time windowsa detects the card as a geforce.....it crashes

so i have to go into safe mode, disable it and reboot to be able to use the pc

Do you have Assign IRQ for VGA enabled and AGP Aperture Size set to at least 64MB in BIOS setup?

yeah afraid so! GRRR@my pc! lol

Try to change the card for ATI Radeon...

Yeah well, ,in the end I gave up - and yes I exchangedd it for a card of the same price - a Radeon v100 i believe? Much better worked straight off no bother lol

Thanks for ur help - much appreciated