AMD KX133 and AGP cards


Found this at http://www.amdzone.com/articleview.cfm?ArticleID=156
and figured it was somthing I didn't want to lose so copied it here

Title: Epox 7KXA, Win2K & AGP:

I can't seem to get 4x and SBA enabled for my Geforce video card. The problem appears to be Win2k not recognizing the Northbridge (i.e. there are no AGP devices under Device Manager). I did do a clean install and I'm running the latest Nvidia reference driver (3.78). Anyone have any ideas?

I had posted a similar message on the Epox News group and received zero responses to either posting. Since no one offered any solutions I started digging for answers. I compared data sheets from various VIA chipsets to the Win2K INF that provides PNP support for chipsets. I found that the device ID have changed with the 8371 Northbridge even though functional the Northbridge is very similar to previous VIA chipsets. Anyway to make a long story short I was able to get the chips set properly detected and AGP mode and 4X mode enabled. SBA is still alluding me.

The Fix:

added the following 4 lines to C:=WINNT\INF\machine.inf

Under [VIA_SYS] section %PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_0391.DeviceDesc% = NO_DRV, PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_0391 %PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_8391.DeviceDesc% = VIAAGP_Install,PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_8391

Under VIA_MFG = "VIA" section

PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_0391.DeviceDesc = "VIA Tech CPU to PCI bridge" PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_8391.DeviceDesc = "VIA Tech CPU to AGP Controller"

I then went into Device Manager and removed the following device from "System Devices":

Standard PCI to PCI Bridge

After that, reboot and Win2k will redetect and properly install support for the KX133 chipset. I've also attached the complete modified machine.inf.


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