On Jun 20, 7:37 pm, Louis <L...@nospam.com> wrote:
> pau...@efn.org a formulé la demande :
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> > On Jun 20, 6:02 pm, Louis <L...@nospam.com> wrote:
> >> pau...@efn.org avait soumis l'idée :
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> >>> On Jun 20, 12:07 pm, Louis <L...@nospam.com> wrote:
> >>>> My problem is, if I download the latest Intel drivers for that chipset
> >>>> (package version 6.7, file win2K_xp67), the integrated AGP doesn't work
> >>>> correctly. It has a maximum resolution of 800x600 - 4 bit colors !!
> >>>> As additional info, the card's advanced properties indicate that it
> >>>> uses 32Mb of memory.
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> >>> Should be a regular intel 815 intergated video.
> >>> try this for the video.
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> >>>http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filt...Types=all&Prod...
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> >> Thanks for your reply, but you are pointing me to the same 6.7 package
> >> that failed to work correctly.. I tried with both win2k_xpm67.exe and
> >> win2k_xp67.zip got the same result.
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> >> Any idea ?
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> > Unless the video chip itself is damaged, no, not really.
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> > XP's default drivers should work just fine with the i815. An while the
> > chip is not a wonder of performance, it rarely fails.
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> > I will add, though that with 32 mb integrated video, and 128mb of
> > total ram, you fall below the 128 mb minimum for XP. Integrated video
> > (in this generation) steals from the system memory, so in reality you
> > have 128-32=96mb ram.
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> > Workaround may be to get a cheepie video card, which will have the
> > side effect of freeing up some ram.
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> > Going back to the previous bios may work, but intel's website really
> > only supplies the latest.
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> > Double check that your board is a d815eea, and not, for example a
> > d815eea2, as a bios update intended for a different motherboard may
> > cause problems such as yours.
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> Thanks again for you reply..
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> My current total RAM is 384 Mb - so stealing 32mb should not be a
> problem, don't you agree ?
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> I have on file the P10 and P09 bios, but they don't change anything as
> far as the AGP card is concerned.
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> My mobo is really an d815eea.. unfortunalety. :-(
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> As for defective chipset, I doubt that it would work correctly with
> driver package version 6.41 if it was the case.
>
> Finally, as you suggested, I also tried to put an old nVidia TNT2
> Vanta-LT 8Mb 2x AGP card, but surprisingly (or not ?) I felt it had a
> slightly slower performance than the onboard card.

XP's built in driver for vanta and riva cards is not great as it seems
not to have the proper support for directx.

One of the archived vNidia drivers works better (66.9something). It
was dropped from the later revisions. The one supplied by windows
update is a bad one. Don't use it!

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> Even with the best will, I think you'll agree it doesn't worth spending
> more time on this issue - since I have a working solution - even if I
> do not understand why the latest drivers are not working at all..
>
> Thanks again

If you have a workaround, use it. I wouldn't put too much money into a
pentuim 3 class machine. As a similar machine could be had for less
than $100.