Specifications

If you have a 6BXA, you will have to replace the board for a later revision, as there are no revisions with the

'Voodoo3' jumper.

If you have any of the other boards, you can perform some rewiring - see the 'How can I get my Abit LX6,

ASUS P2L97 or Gigabyte 6BXC, 6BXE or BX2000 working with the GeForce?' question.

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Q. How can I get my Abit LX6, ASUS P2L97 or Gigabyte 6BXC, 6BXE or BX2000 working

with the GeForce?

You may get lockups with these motherboards due to the fact that they may not operate according to the AGP

specification - see the 'What's all this with the GeForce and early LX / BX / Via 133 motherboards?' question

for more information. You may not get this problem with your motherboard however - if your card is operating

properly there is no need to perform the following step!

The GeForce2 series does not have this problem because it uses a 0.18 micron architecture that requires less

power.

There are some websites that have details as to how to get the motherboards working, with some rewiring... of

course, this will invalidate your motherboard's warranty -

use it as a last resort only!

The rewiring will mean that the linear voltage regulator that causes the problems is bypassed. The instructions

may be for getting a Voodoo3 or TNT to work - however, the same solution will also work for the GeForce.

If this solution messes up your system, it's your problem.

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The fix for the Abit LX6 is available here:

http://hem.fyristorg.com/redtop/

The ASUS P2L97 only has this problem in revision 1.05 and any earlier sevisions.

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The fix for the ASUS P2L97 is available here:

http://web.archive.org/web/20000815205610/http://www.asus.com.tw/products/Techref/Misc/rivatnt-

rework.html

For the Gigabyte motherboards, you may only need to set some jumpers - see the 'Will my Gigabyte 6BA,

6BXC, 6BXE or BX2000 work with the GeForce?' question in this FAQ. Otherwise, each of the pages on this

German website has one picture of the motherboard, and one picture of the underside of the motherboard and

the pins you must connect.

All three of these solutions have been confirmed to work.

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The fix for the BX2000 is available here:

http://www.nickles.de/artikel/html/27.htm

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The fix for the 6BXC is available here:

http://www.nickles.de/artikel/html/29.htm

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The fix for the 6BXE is available here:

http://www.nickles.de/artikel/html/28.htm

6BXE 2.0 and above Yes JP18, JP19

BX2000(+)

1.0 No

1.1 and above Yes JP20, JP21

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