BOIS upgrade any one knows anything about this

[Hellfighter]

i am clueless need to upgrade my AGP4X to AGP8X like to know is there a way to do this?

think it has to do with the mother broad not 100% if that is true or not.

my GF4 is AGP8X and like to see if i can upgrade by ether upgrading the BOIS or some other way getting it upgraded.

basic this is what i can find out:
"Pentium 4 BIOS update GB85010A P13" dated: 9/17/2001
for Windows Xp Family, but it set to AGP 4X and not for AGP 8X

[~MOUSE~]

You need to find out what motherboard you have and look on the manufacturers web site for a manual or technical info.

Some bios's allow you to select or auto-detect the AGP but if your motherboard was designed for 4x only you can't change it to 8x.

There are software and hardware (voltage) differences.

[Hellfighter]

Originally posted by ~MOUSE~
You need to find out what motherboard you have and look on the manufacturers web site for a manual or technical info.

Some bios's allow you to select or auto-detect the AGP but if your motherboard was designed for 4x only you can't change it to 8x.

There are software and hardware (voltage) differences.

Intel (Monterrey) motherboard - 1.4-GHz
see info: "Click-Here"
Image size: 762x1261

IT Info listing found here: http://support.gateway.com/s//MOTHER...510652nv.shtml

[NaughtyPerry]

I dont think it can be done chief, its all to do with voltage etc and gets very confusing... i think you need a new Mobo if you wanna do anything,

[~MOUSE~]

Your board uses 1.5v to power the 4X display board, I think 8x use .8v .
Probably other differences as well.
Looks like you're stuck running at 4X.

Not sure if you will notice much increase in frame rates as your cpu will probably be the main bottleneck.

[Steve]

yeah agreed, i thinhk it's more of a hardware change rather than a sofware thing.

[Hellfighter]

yea i was thinking that last week was looking into get a bare bone kit, the tower come with all new update stander items, all i have to do is grand father in other hardway into it.

it would cost about USD-250-400 for a new gut system.




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Specifications



Form Factor ATX
ATX


Processor Interface Socket 754


Processors Supported AMD Athlon 64
AMD Sempron 64


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Front Side Bus 200MHz FSB
400MHz FSB
600MHz FSB
800MHz FSB


Northbridge Learn More VIA K8T800


Southbridge VIA VT8237


Number of Slots 3


Number of Pins 184-Pin


Maximum Memory Supported 2GB


Memory Supported DDR266 (PC2100)
DDR333 (PC2700)
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Channels 6-Channel


Audio Chipset AC '97 CODEC
Realtek ALC655


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Hard Drive Types ATA/66
ATA/100
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Vented


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Specifications

AMD Sempron 64 2800+ Processor

MSI K8T Neo-V Motherboard
RealTek ALC655 6-channel audio

10/100 Network Interface

[Scattergun]

If you are going to upgrade you should go with PCI-E but no real dramatic diffrences they STill make great 4/8X Agp cards.

[Hellfighter]

Originally posted by =70th=Scattergu
If you are going to upgrade you should go with PCI-E but no real dramatic diffrences they STill make great 4/8X Agp cards.

can you locat one of these cards so i know what you are taking about?

[Scattergun]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102605

^-- ATI

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814140067

^---Nvidia

I think thats what you are asking for

[VooDoo-]

wait .. nvm didn't read the whole thing nevermind lol

but, i wouldn't get that bored, alot of new CPUs and many to come are gona use the socket 934

and like scattergun said .. alot of newer video cards are using the PCI-E 16x, but APG isn't fully obsolete yet

[Hellfighter]

=70th=Scattergu
my BOIS can only handle AGP4X i was trying to see if there a way get it upgraded to AGP8X, but there only one way is replace the Mother Broad totally do it the united were never meant to handle the power flow it need for AGP8X.

i have a GFX Card it is AGP8X but it all so work on AGP4X but it be better anyways get a bare bone kit, get a lot of upgrades hardware to it and add-in new items i can add to it.

[Scattergun]

ahh ok

[Hellfighter]

till then i have to wait till may-jun of 2006 to get a new tower bre born, than all i have to do is replace the HD with the one i have i be set.

bare born kits don't come with some item to them so i can grand father in my other hardware to the system, it be a lot cheaper and getting a whole new system toboot to say.

USD-200.00-400.00

a lot of the hardware i already have are all new.
1-Cd-writer
2-DVD RW/CD RW writer
3-GF4 440MX (AGP8X/AGP4X)
4-HD 300GB

units come with (Bare born kits)
with newer items hardware in it.
Mother broad update stander ADM 64bit system
Power supply 300w (i may add-in my 400w Power supply)
5-pci slots
1-slot for GFX card.
2-slots for Ram cards DDR type. come basic 512mb ram max to 2024mb ram can be upgraded. Cheaper cost.
some other basic items
No-OS system at all, already have in New HD 300GB
some other items.

[Rampage.]

whats a stander?