PCI Video Cards???

[jedimc]

Becuase i have never installed a graphics card before, i want to know how to disable my onboard video,
I have a Packard Bell 766ca with intel 810e chipset.
Theys are my bios screens
http://support.packardbell-europe.com/s ... s.asp?c=ap

[CignaXI]

Under "<<< PCI/PLUG AND PLAY SETUP >>>" select "Primary Graphics Adapter" and chage it from "OnBoard VGA" to "PCI". Be sure to plug the video card before changing this setting as it might not post.

[Wedge Maniac]

I thought the on-board graphics could be disabled in the Device Manager, if I'm not mistaken.

[jedimc]

at the moment it say in the bios onboard vga/add-on vga that was i can select.
a friend told me to do this

add the pci card first so it picks it up and install the drivers then reboot into the bios and disable onboard , then plug in the monitor in the pci card

[Wedge Maniac]

Are you running 98? XP ?

[CignaXI]

PCI = add-on vga.

add the pci card first so it picks it up and install the drivers then reboot into the bios and disable onboard , then plug in the monitor in the pci card

Yes this will work. Actually the OS will work with both, the onboard vga and the add-on vga, with the onboard as primary. If you have to monitors then you could use both at the same time. I don't recommend this for gaming as the onboard-vga uses your system memory reducing your system's performance.

[jedimc]

im running Windows ME
So my friends instructions should work, should i unistall the onboard Video drivers

[CignaXI]

No, if you need to use the onboard vga in the future your OS will use them to configure the vga.

[jedimc]

i was lookin at the specifications of the Power Colour Radeon 9000 pci and it says that it needs 250 watts of power for its minium, is this true becuase i have less than this, all the other PCI cards dont needs this extra power.

[jedimc]

I bought the Aopen 64MB DDR PCI GeForce 4 MX440 Video Card with TV Out, i couldnt find any Radeon PCI's in my area but this doese a huge differnce over the intel graphics.