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| Thread ID: 34712 | 2003-06-21 23:02:00 | Can you clock down 8x agp graphics card to a 4x mboard? | Kibito (623) | Press F1 |
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| 154088 | 2003-06-21 23:02:00 | Hi I have a Pentium 1.4 cpu Gigabyte 8TX motherboard 3 x 128 megs of rd ram and motherboards 4x agp pro 1.5 volt as said in manual Yesterday, I got an eagle geforce 4 TI 4200 128 mb with 8x agp. I put it in my comp, installed it and started playing my online game Jedi knight 2. Bout 20 minutes later, comp turns off, I look at the back and I see some like hot air rising from the power supply and it smells kinda toasted. I take it out open it up and I see yea one of those black cylindrical things has like the coating on it burst and you can see some of the wires and stuff. ANYWAY. It's bust. It's not a problem tho coz I can get another from my dads computer shop. Question is tho. Can I, clock the graphics card down to 4x agp so I can use it on that motherboard? Is it at all possible? Thanks in advance |
Kibito (623) | ||
| 154089 | 2003-06-21 23:23:00 | An 8x AGP video card should work fine on that motherboard. If the motherboard can only use 4x AGP max, then the card will step down to 4x even if it is an 8x AGP card. I'm running a GeForce FX 5600 card on a Gigabyte GA7VAX1394 m/b which only supports 4x/8x AGP, and the card runs fine at 8x AGP with 1.5 volts. In the BIOS, there should be a setting to force the card to run at 4x - chekc your manual. |
wintertide (1306) | ||
| 154090 | 2003-06-21 23:26:00 | Oh yes my power supply is 300 watt and a friend told me thats probably why coz it couldn't handle it so I should probably get a 350 / 400. Think that will help? | Kibito (623) | ||
| 154091 | 2003-06-21 23:30:00 | Could help. I'm using a 300 watt PSU at the moment with my GeForce FX, and am having no problems, so that may not be the best solution. By the way, do you have adequate cooling in your case? It could have fried because it got too hot. |
wintertide (1306) | ||
| 154092 | 2003-06-21 23:31:00 | not really I have like 2 grills at the back where fans could go, just like circular with holes where you sposta put fans but I have none. I have like no fans | Kibito (623) | ||
| 154093 | 2003-06-21 23:33:00 | not really I have like 2 grills at the back where fans could go, just like circular with holes where you sposta put fans but I have none. I have like no fans | Kibito (623) | ||
| 154094 | 2003-06-21 23:36:00 | There's your problem. The card got too hot and fried. I needed to put in ThermalTake Smart Case Fans so the card in my pc would even run properly. Get some fans for your case (it will make the PC louder though) and that will make a difference. | wintertide (1306) | ||
| 154095 | 2003-06-21 23:37:00 | so if I get too case fans for the grill things at the back then clock down the graphics card, get a 400watt psu it'll work? | Kibito (623) | ||
| 154096 | 2003-06-21 23:40:00 | Just get the two fans, because the video card sould run fine on a 300 watt PSU. The cooling will also make ur pc components last longer. | wintertide (1306) | ||
| 154097 | 2003-06-21 23:41:00 | Ok so you're saying my p4 1.4 won't really need a stronger psu long as I get those 2 fans? Also, someone I spoke to said that it should work with a new psu and clocking down or something as long as psu screwing up hadn't like screwed my motherboard. Can that happen? And like in my case do you think there are high chances it has happened? |
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