One of the first things to check for on an AGP card, is to see if the
chipset of your motherboard supports the AGP card.
I found out this the hard way. I bought a Hercules Terminator Beast only to
discover that the VIA chipset does not support any Hercules cards.

Everick Holder
->      As a Newbie to AGP I had the same problem.. you have to make double
sure
>your chips are compatible.. Intel to intel 440.. they just won't work with
an
>ALi chipset..This drove me wacko for a while, too!

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