From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 1 12:24: 9 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84D8537B401 for ; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 12:24:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.fastmail.fm (www.fastmail.fm [66.111.4.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0193243F3F for ; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 12:24:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from www.fastmail.fm (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9403220999; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 15:24:02 -0500 (EST) Received: from 127.0.0.1 ([127.0.0.1] helo=www.fastmail.fm) by fastmail.fm with SMTP; Sat, 01 Mar 2003 15:24:02 -0500 X-Epoch: 1046550242 X-Sasl-enc: EqgeoImvFgHvpaMt0J1asw Received: from jud.dyndns.org (dialup-63.214.210.152.Dial1.Philadelphia1.Level3.net [63.214.210.152]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC4E726248; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 15:24:00 -0500 (EST) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kenneth Culver , Brian Henning Cc: freebsd Subject: Re: OT: AGP Pro 8x Slot References: <20030227140920.A4198-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org> Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed From: Jud Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 15:23:59 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20030227140920.A4198-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org> User-Agent: Opera7.0/Linux M2 BETA2 build 353 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 14:09:32 -0500 (EST), Kenneth Culver wrote: > They are backwards compatable, so there must be some other problem. > > Ken > > On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Brian Henning wrote: > >> Hello- >> I just bought a new motherboard, the ASUS A7N8X (not deluxe). I want to >> use it >> for my new FBSD machine. I actually want to use my old graphics card >> (AOpen >> NVidia Riva TNT2 Model 64, 32MB, 4x AGP) in that machine for now because >> i don't >> want to buy a new graphics card. My problem is i can't seem to fit the >> card in >> the slot on the motherboard. I looked in the motherboard manual and it >> say it >> supports 8x AGP pro video cards, but are these slots not backward >> compatible >> with 4x AGP? >> Thanks for any help or advice, Often motherboard manufacturers will put a small plastic insert in the AGP slot, which is meant to be removed before installing your card. Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message