Sideband Address

[Doggie]

hey.. i got a nVidia Geforce2 MX400 and it supports Sideband Address but its disabled and i cannot enable it.. any guesses why?

[Crispy]

It can be disabled in 2 places. The system bios and the Geforce bios ... The system bios should be easy to change!

The Geforce bios you need to modify and flash to make it work

You should use Ray adams Nvidia bios editor found HERE

Remember that you may damage your card if you do this wrong! So read that help file!

The thrid thing you should do is install the 41.07 drivers and the attached Deonator unlocker ...

detonator_lock.reg

[Doggie]

cheers crispy

[Doggie]

errhh... it will enable it but i doesn't save the settings.. (Nvidia Properties).. also.. i can't the flash rom going.. i save a backup and a new rom.. it also said that i don't have sidebanding as a feature on my card but powerstrip says otherwise

Diagnostic report - generated on 17/11/2002
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PowerStrip build - 342
Windows build - v.5.1.2600.2
DirectX build - v.5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)
OpenGL renderer - (n/a)

System board
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CPU speed - 1104 MHz
Type - VIA 8605-686A-6A6LLH29C-00
BIOS - Award Bios, 12/21/2000
AGP aperture - 64 MB
AGP transfer mechanism - DMA
AGP non-local memory - 4.4 MB
AGP revision - 2.00
AGP transfer rates supported - 1x, 2x, 4x
Current AGP transfer rate - 4x
Sideband addressing - hardware support, but currently disabled
Fast write protocol - (n/a)
AGP texturing - Enabled

Graphics card #1
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Identity - NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400
Memory clock - 149.74 MHz
Engine clock - 199.66 MHz
IRQ - 11, shared
AGP revision - 2.00
AGP transfer rates supported - 1x, 2x, 4x
Current AGP transfer rate - 4x
Sideband addressing - hardware support, but currently disabled
Display driver - nv4_disp.dll, v.6.13.10.4072
DirectX driver - nv4_disp.dll, v.6.13.10.4072
Attached monitor - PTS0304 (Plug and Play Monitor)
Monitor caps (1) - 1912x1072, 67kHz, 100Hz

Device enumeration
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NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 (011010DEh) - using IRQ11
VIA CPU-to-PCI/AGP bridge (06051106h)
VIA PCI-to-PCI/AGP bridge (86051106h)
VIA PCI-to-ISA bridge (06861106h)
VIA IDE controller (05711106h)
VIA Universal serial bus (USB) (30381106h) - using IRQ11
VIA Universal serial bus (USB) (30381106h) - using IRQ11
VIA CPU-to-PCI/AGP bridge (30571106h)
Shuttle Audio device (30581106h) - using IRQ11
AT&&T Communication device (044011C1h) - using IRQ11

anyone help?