On Saturday 30 Aug 2003 6:27 pm, Greg Meyer wrote:
> On Saturday 30 August 2003 10:47 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > A Soltek board, just bought, says that using a 2x graphics board
> > will fry the mobo (wrong voltage).  The G-Force2 MX-400 is a
> > 2x/4x board. Is it safe to assume that it will have the right
> > voltage, merely falling back to 2x if the mobo doesn't have the
> > later standard agp?
>
> It should work fine.  The 2x/4x video cards are built to run using
> either 3.3v or the lower 1.6v of the 4x mobo's.  The problem is if
> you put a 2x only (3.3v) card in a 4x mobo, you may burn it out. 
> In fact, the agp slot should be keyed so that you cannot physically
> insert a 2x card into the slot.  If the card fits, it should work.

Thanks, Greg

Anne
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