Re: changing the fan cooler on my video card

attilathehun1 wrote:
Well, I got 3 of the 4 screws, the ones that are inside the spinning fans, and the last 4th puny screw is almost all the way stripped. Yeah I know about taking a straight head screwdriver and a hammer and hitting a new groove into it. I'll let the mechanic at Tune-up Masters do that. He's taking out stripped screws all day. Darn it, maybe I should, no let the mechanic do it. Ok, I've come to a crossroad here and can't go any farther. Allright, if you can get back to me about what to put into the search box at Intel's website to get the latest AGP drivers that would be something to relieve this aggravation of the stripped screw. It's up to you, you've been more than a help so I can't complain. Thanks, attilathehun1


Are you sure a new driver is required ? You were using the FireGL board,
and getting a good frame rate. Which means you likely had a good AGP
driver for the chipset. You might not need to change it. The thing is,
when Intel releases later versions, the files for older chipset may not
get changed at all.

Your board appears to have the same chipset as mine - 875P.

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim8300/sm/specs.htm

You could start here. For example, the 9.0.0.1008 file should work.
The trick is, 865.inf covers both 865 chipset and 875 chipset.

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=1043&lang=eng

In my "installed" folder, I have an older one, and this is the comment
section from the 865.inf file. So more than one Northbridge is handled
by this file.

; ** Filename: 865.INF (82865 & 82875/E7210 & 82848 Chipset)
; ** Abstract: Windows* 2K, XP, 2003 INF Update File for
; ** 82865 & 82875/E7210 & 82848 Memory Controller Hub

Once you've installed chipset drivers, some version of DirectX, and
the ATI video card driver and control panel stuff (CCC), you can use
Powerstrip to check the results.

Powerstrip is shareware, which you can evaluate for a limited period.
I used it long ago, to check my texture setting.

http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm

If you use the Options item from the Powerstrip task bar popup,
it shows whether "DMA", "DIME", or "disabled" is enabled. DMA or
DIME, are texture transfer mechanisms, and are indicative
that hardware acceleration is present.

http://tech.tom.com/img/assets/1100/021126news045.jpg

Alternately, you can use dxdiag from the DirectX install, to
check it. There are some test buttons.

Paul
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