AGP 3.0 bus analyzer

[ron minnich]

I'm looking for an AGP 3.0 interposer bus analyzer along the lines of what 
vmetro supplies. If anyone knows of such a thing, let me know. This AGP 
debug is a real pain without an analyzer. We're losing lots of time 
because it is hard to tell what signals are making it to AGP and what are 
not.

thanks

ron

[Bari Ari]

ron minnich wrote:
> I'm looking for an AGP 3.0 interposer bus analyzer along the lines of what 
> vmetro supplies. If anyone knows of such a thing, let me know. This AGP 
> debug is a real pain without an analyzer. We're losing lots of time 
> because it is hard to tell what signals are making it to AGP and what are 
> not.

These are the two biggies:

http://www.futureplus.com/products/agp/fs2229_summary.html

http://www.tektronix.com/Measurement/cgi-bin/framed.pl?Document=/Measurement...

-Bari

[ron minnich]

As I read the manual for these two products it looks like I need to buy an 
external logic analyzer. Anybody seen a standalone card similar to the 
vmetro PCI analyzer?

ron

[Bari Ari]

ron minnich wrote:
> As I read the manual for these two products it looks like I need to buy an 
> external logic analyzer. Anybody seen a standalone card similar to the 
> vmetro PCI analyzer?

I'd be surprised if someone makes a standalone card. There's just not a 
large enough market for it. There are only a few graphics companies vs. 
several that work with expansion buses like PCI.

Look at renting since you're probably not going to need the AGP 3.0 
analyzer long term.

http://www.twinhunter.com/Products/AGP/AGP%20Extender.html

and similar cards can be used along with a logic analyzer to look at bus 
activity since you're just interested in finding out if you're getting 
activity on the bus.

-Bari