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Old 02-25-2003, 04:43 AM   #21
mike breck
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Well if it supports AGP 4x, then it supports 1.5v and will be OK.

If the card has two slots on the connectors, then it can run at 3.3v (2x) and 1.5v (4x). The connectors on the card and AGP slot will make sure it runs at the right voltage.

The danger would be when placing an older card with only ONE slot on the connectors into these boards. The one slot would mean it just works at 3.3v.

Most cards from Geoforce 2 onwards can work at 1.5v.

The problem was that some cards, namely SiS305 based cards and a few others which I have still to identify, had two slots on the connectors and therefore appeared to conform to 3.3v/1.5v. However, this was cosmetic as the cards actually just ran at 3.3v.

The result was dead mobo time.
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