Thank you so much, Brian! AGP is now enabled. Another new learning
experience, another problem solved. I really appreciate your help,
and that of all those who have helped me in the newsgroups. Have a
great evening!
charlie R
"Brian A." gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote in message
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Glad to hear all is better. As for a choice to enable/select/use
AGP:
#4-Primary Display [PCI]. This is what needs to be changed to AGP.
Hilight #4-Primary Display [PCI], press Enter or what ever the
screen shows to
use to see the options, should give you the choice of choosing
between PCI and
AGP, select AGP, press Enter. After switching to AGP, save and exit
to reboot.
--
Brian A.
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"charlie R" wrote in message
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Hi Brian,
Well, I finally found out which key gets you into the BIOS.
(Press
and hold down F1 while pressing the Power button. It gives a
keyboard
error which gives you the option to enter Setup Menu. In the
Video
setup menu there was no option to enable AGP.
Video Setup Menu
1. Video Controller S3Trio Inc, Trio3D
2. Video Memory 4096KB
3. Video Aperture 64MB
4. Primary Display [PCI]
5. Palette Snooping Disabled
6. Video Interrupt [Enabled]
Advanced Settings had no mention of AGP. I decided to install the
updated S3Trio3D drivers I downloaded some time ago, in case I
needed
them. I followed the instructions in the ReadMe file, and the
install
went fine. Video acceleration is working great now! Everest
still
shows AGP is disabled, but the S3Trio is an AGP device, so I guess
that's all that's needed. Acceleration is much smoother and
faster
now.
Thanks for your help. I've only been using this computer for 2
and a
half years. My husband told me how to turn on the power, and away
I
went. A great learning experience at my age. (64) The machine
is
old, but I'm not so young myself. Thanks again.
charlie R
"Brian A." gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote in message
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Damn that's an old machine and not the easiest to search out info
on. I had
found a manual but nothing that helps with the BIOS, only board
layout which
doesn't show to have an AGP slot. It does mention AGP S3 TRIO3D
as
the audio
component. Is that onboard/integrated sound or and Adapter card.
Try finding a newer version driver at:
http://www.driverguide.com/
They have
many S3 Trio3D drivers.
Free registration. You can actually use the old default for
everyone:
username: drivers
pw: all
Before doing so see if there is a way to enable the AGP in
Display
Properties
Settings Advanced button.
Also check the BIOS to make sure AGP hasn't been disabled there.
Press the Pause key during POST ( screen that shows the BIOS
type/date, memory
count and hardware detection )
Look on the screen for which key to press to enter the bios
In the BIOS look for a screen that mentions video and the type to
use. If it
doesn't show AGP, change it to AGP if possible, then Save change
and
Exit to
reboot.
I have another trick or two up my sleeve to find info but don't
hold
your breath
at this moment.
Good luck for the time being.
--
Brian A.
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