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PostPosted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 6:25 am
by 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

PostPosted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 10:12 am
by 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.

PostPosted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 10:19 am
by Wedge Maniac
I thought the on-board graphics could be disabled in the Device Manager, if I'm not mistaken.

PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 1:52 am
by 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

PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 4:32 am
by Wedge Maniac
Are you running 98? XP ?

PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 1:07 pm
by 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.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2003 1:59 am
by jedimc
im running Windows ME
So my friends instructions should work, should i unistall the onboard Video drivers

PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2003 9:22 am
by CignaXI
No, if you need to use the onboard vga in the future your OS will use them to configure the vga.

PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 8:35 am
by 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.

PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 7:40 am
by 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.