8RDA+ and Voodoo?

[r1013a]

I have a 8RDA+ with a Geforce4 on order. I want to temporary use my Voodoo4 while I get everything set up. The Voodoo4 seems to not fit the AGP port. Is it not compatible?

 

[nightowl]

The problem that you are running into is that your Voodoo 4 is only an AGP 2x card. The newer motherboards (like yours) are 4x only. Your board is keyed so that only 4x cards can be inserted.

 

[Brian48]

That's not true. Boot into the BIOS > disable AGP 8x > restart. Unless there's an incompatibility with the video card BIOS and/or voltage regulation, it should run fine in 1x AGP mode now.

 

[Ralidan]

I was also under the impression that all AGP's were the same, just run at different speeds in the bios

 

[nightowl]

The problem is with the new AGP ports. They are made to opperate only at 1.5V (AGP 4x). This makes the new boards incompatible with the older AGP 2x cards that run at either 3V or 3.3V.

 

[Dulanic]

AGP 3.0 (8X) only allows 1.5V as someone else said. Only AGP 2.0 and 3.0 cards will work, which means no 2x or 1x cards.

 

[r1013a]

The card also seems like it is a cm to long. I mean it looks like it would fit. There is a plastic piece at the end of the AGP port that if removed it would probably fit.

Also if it would possible work (temporarily) I have no way to hook up my monitor.

Thanks for the replies

 

[r1013a]

The Geforce finally came in today. I was trying to insert it into the AGP port but there seems to be a white plastic piece in the way on one side. Its snapped into the end of the AGP port

What the deal with this? I would try and force it to pop past it (maybe that what I'm suppose to do but I don't want to take the chance in messing it up.

Any suggestions?

 

[r1013a]

OK.. I finally figured it out. The white piece unsnaps and rocks to the right. You then put the Video card in and the white piece rocks back and snaps holding the right side of the board down. I had to really push on it to get it to go down far enough to snap it back. Not hard enough to damage it.. but like putting memory in.

Thanks

 

[Joony]

that white thing is a AGP card retention mechanism that holds the AGP card from like falling out or something...