[KLUG Members] AGP problem (maybe?)

[Wesley Leonard]

I believe AGP can borrow main memory to use as graphics memory and I think you
can set that up in BIOS.  Perhaps turn that off.  I can't think of what it's
exactly called but I remember seeing that in some BIOS that I've played with.

Also, if you have a choice about what type of adapter is your main video
adapter, try setting it to PCI.  The AGP card will still work but perhaps you
can fool the motherboard/OS into working.

l8er

Scott Thurmond wrote:
> 
> I have a Gigabyte 5AA mainboard, AMD K6-1 processor.  I have an AGP graphics
> adaptor.  When I try to install Mandrake I get a message that says "Install
> crashed.  Memory may be missing."  I replaced the memory.  I replaced the
> graphics adaptor with a PCI card and it loaded fine but the graphics sucked.
> So I went and got a new AGP card thinking that maybe the original AGP card
> was hosed but I got the same results with the new card.  I have upgraded to
> the latest BIOS for the mainboard.  Could there be some BIOS setting that
> might be screwing me up?  My next step is to replace the mainboard but I
> hate to go through all the trouble and money if it is something fixable.
> 
> -Scott
> 
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