Replace onboard video with PCI?

[slipe]

My daughter thinks her onboard video is kaput. Is there a problem installing a PCI card? Is there any way to disable the onboard video so it won’t be detected on boot? Is it necessary to do that?

The MB is in an El Cheapo MyFavoritePC 500 Celeron I got free for opening an E-Trade account. MyFavoritePC is out of business and my daughter doesn’t know how to determine what it has for a MB. I have a hard time talking her into taking the cover off the computer.

[Murf]

PCI Video Card will work a lot better. On-Board Video must be disabled, either in CMOS (SETUP) or jumpers on the motherboard itself.

Since she won't take z cover off, try this:

Have her boot and when she see's the 1st screen (usually black) come up she will see numbers clicking (memory check), have her hit the Delete Key or what ever key the screen tells her to use to get into SETUP (CMOS).

Will have to nose around in there, but should be a menu item for disabling on-board video, probably under maybe something called advance.

Once she gets in there, may not have a mousy, so to navigate use the arrow keys, to enter a menu item, use enter and to move from one menu to another use Escape Key. Once changed need to SAVE & EXIT.

If there is no entry then she will have to remove the case (unplug everything 1st) and try and find the jumper for disabling on-board video, MB are usually marked.

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[wonderinguy34]

I was able to (in device manager) "disable in this hardware profile" the onboard Video card in order for my G450 to work.

If she wants to ID the MB try http://www.belarc.com/

[This message has been edited by wonderinguy34 (edited 05-30-2001).]

[Ghouldini]

Is that the real name..."My Favorite"?? El-cheapo would be better.

Anyway, there are 3 possible scenarios.

1. Put vid card in slot; boot up; install driver; it detects; all okay. (right )

2. Must disable in Device Manager old video-on-board first, (or maybe even in BIOS, or both), then install, bootup, install driver when asked, detects, all good. (maybe, could be)

3. HP has this but "claims" will plug-n-play with out....Moving a jumper on the motherboard to disable VOB (called VGA_SEL on HP), then install card (maybe still do DM and/or BIOS deletion), boot up, driver, detcts, finished. (possible)

Man, 6 minutes ago MURF. Gee I am slow tonite.

[This message has been edited by ghouldini (edited 05-30-2001).]

[wonderinguy34]

Ghouldini ,
Mines a HP 8260 ,no jumper , nothing in BIOS and it kept trying to redect the onboard upon bootup ,but Device manager works

[Ghouldini]

Make sure it is not running on both. I heard that could happen. I had a V3/2000 PCI in this 6330 briefly, did jumper and it did auto-detect it. Ran fine except for Bingo sites - has to do with SIS chipset I think - different driver needed - so I removed it. V3 will go with the back-up SOYO SS7 and Maxtor HD I got to replace HP inerds a bit back. Funny, not one crash since I got all those items, with none installed, hmmmmm.

[slipe]

Thanks. I’ll order the card.

I’ll have to get her to bring the computer over to my house to install the card. Perhaps I can find the jumpers if they are marked.

Most things I have ever uninstalled in device manager just redetect on reboot. The AGP video card in my computer does not have the option to disable in this hardware profile. Hopefully hers does.

Her BIOS is really simplistic. It scrolls on a single page.

I take it from the responses that you can’t have a dual video display using onboard video as one source. I was hoping I could have the bad onboard video show as one of two displays and just not use it.

She disconnected the computer to connect her old one so I guess I’ll have to wait until I get my hands on the card and computer.

[IMM]

Some links still live http://myfavoritepc.com/support.html

[slipe]

Thanks for the link. Nice of them to leave that behind.