Was trying to fix an XP box today at work, when I opened it up was pleased to see it had a lovely AGP port. Tried upping the voltage, but didn't help matters (probably something to do with it having nothing in the AGP slot, was using integrated graphics). Reseating the RAM did seem to fix it (for now, at least) though! Ah, the good old days!
Welcome to my world. :-{)
I disabled write cache in xp to try and prevent recurring disk issues (which worked), but it killed game performance. So I re-enabled it, and will have to remember to boot into repair console & run chkdsk every few days. :-(
I'm hankering over a subcutaneous neodymium magnet ATM, but I'm not aware of any UK bod-modders who offer it as service.
I have about 4 spare AGP graphics cards. Just in case, but of what I don't know.
what brand/models are they?
Mainly Radeons I believe. Acquired from old PCs at work that were due to be skipped.
They do actually have a purpose to some degree, my wife has an older Windows XP machine at work for use with a piece of specialised research kit that doesn't work under newer Windows. The PC that drives it had AGP graphics, so I collected a few spare cards. Four is admittedly excessive...
I like the practical uses that could lead to. My favourite is a magnet placed either side of the bridge of the nose for attaching a set of specs.
If they are strong enough, you could put several around your head for scissors, stapler and can opener, things I'm sick and tired of losing.