hello happy new year, i have a question about a ati radeon9800 pro 256 mb. when a run dxdiag it says under monitor 1 tab ,that agp is not available, my windows is in dutch so it's not proper english. I have just made a clean install of xp and put in the newest ati catalyst drivers, im sure that this the one windows is using, does somebody now how to fix this? fs9 is running ok, but every now and then my fps go down and back up again, maby related to this problem. this one is really mking me scratching my head so if anyone could help?? rick

Hi Rick,You need to install your motherboard's chipset drivers. Best thing to do is go to our motherboard manufacturer's website and download the latest drivers for your motherboard.Another way to check is to right click anywhere open on your desktop, then click on Properties, Settings, Advanced, and then the SmartGart tab. There you'll see the AGP speed, which is a function of your motherboard not your video card. I suspect your current AGP speed will be set to 1X (because the proper chipset drivers are not yet loaded).Though you may get away with simply installing the correct drivers (should be the case for you) the proper procedure for installing drivers after a fresh OS install is chipset drivers first, then DirectX, then video drivers.Hope this helps,Greg

thanks greg,when i go to properties, settings, advanced there is no smartgart tab, but a ati page with tabs for ati like 3d, colormanagement, adapter etc, my windows is in dutch so i could be translating wrong.i will install the correct drivers now for chipset, directx, and ati.i hope i don't have to do i compleet install for winxp and fs9 again?rick

think i have some problems with the bios, started to install new bios, it's there but it is not detecting my harddriveintel pent 4 3.06mainboard asus p4c800 875p p42 x 512 ddr pc400 3200ati rad 9800 pro agp 8x 256mb ddr2maxtor 120 gb 7200 rpm u133 8mb 6y120pofloppy/cdrw19'and 17"screenlaptop connected so i am only running fs9 on this systemtommorow i will go back to shop, and find out if they can help me, i hope they can save my harddisk, because it was partioned, and fs9 was running perfect, and i had seperated part. for scenery, and there was really a lot of freeware mesh on that.rick

if you have damaged your BIOS chip, the chances are the PC shop will tell you need a new motherboard and comper rebuild that will cost you upwards of a

"when i go to properties, settings, advanced there is no smartgart tab"And therein lies the critical clue... the motherboard's chipset drivers have not been installed.Cheers,Greg

ok updated bios drivers according to asus. The problem:in bios boot i cannot detect the hd. when i start up the comp, i see maxtor ide bus enabled, so i do not understand this? for me i cannot start winxp on the harddrive.does somebody have a tip for me?rickint pent 4 s478 3.06-512 box 800fsbasus p4c800 875p pent 4 motherboard2 x 512 ddr pc400 3200ati radeon 9800pro agp8x 256mb ddr2maxtor 120 gb 7200rpm u 133 8mb 6y120p0floppy 3.5 1.44 ffdlg 16 dvd 52/24/52 cd-rw cr insp 4.1ilyama 19" / 17"win XP home /fs9/autostarti use laptop via network for as2004.5 fsrealtime ivao ivap etc

and for when there is light at the end of the tunnel, where can i get the right chipset driver? i was running fs9 without agp? see after this my fps will go down but the "looks"go up?when this is finished i will stop tweaking and start flying!!but for now does someone knows how to fix the bios?rick