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infrared
2006-03-28, 02:21 AM CST
If there is no setting in your bios, how do you go about disabling fast writes with Fedora Core 5?

I am using an ATI X800XL with the newest fglrx drivers. Thanks!
infrared
2006-03-28, 09:31 AM CST
Is there an option in the Xorg.conf that i'm overlooking? I seem to recall looking at a bios looking kind of thing for my kernel one time. I can't recall how to get to that, maybe its in there?

Any help would be great!
jowah
2006-03-28, 09:44 AM CST
Is there an option in the Xorg.conf that i'm overlooking? I seem to recall looking at a bios looking kind of thing for my kernel one time. I can't recall how to get to that, maybe its in there?

Any help would be great!Google, as usual, is your friend: [HOWTO] Disabling Fast Writes (http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33793288)

That info might be obsolete though, since it's ~1.5 years old. YMMV.

However, I'm sure there's a BIOS option for enabling/disabling AGP Fast Writes. What exact motherboard maker and model is it? Be very specific.
infrared
2006-03-28, 09:48 AM CST
This is the motherboard I have
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813121287

I couldn't find the FastWrites option for the life of me. I'm not a big fan of intel motherboards :(
infrared
2006-03-28, 09:50 AM CST
Also, I actually came across that very same page before posting here. The problem that I ran into is that I don't understand this line here.

"You can verify that FW is disabled by looking at your kernel messages for the line:"

How do you check your "kernel messages"?
GaMe oVeR
2006-03-28, 09:58 AM CST
the command dmesg ?
infrared
2006-03-28, 10:03 AM CST
You'll have to excuse me, i'm sitting infront of a Mac right now because i'm at work.

If I type dmesg with no arguements it will do exactly what? Thanks guys :)
jowah
2006-03-28, 10:29 AM CST
This is the motherboard I have
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813121287

I couldn't find the FastWrites option for the life of me.No kidding? It's a PCI-Express motherboard. It has no AGP. Therefore, looking for a way to disable AGP Fast Writes is an exercise in futility.

Case closed, I'd say :D
infrared
2006-03-28, 10:37 AM CST
Good point, it is a PCI-E X800XL. I didn't even think --AGP-- Fast Writes... haha.