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pci video card
I have on board video and am upgrading to 128mb pci card. Is it necessary to
disable the on board before installing the new card. Didn't know if windows did this and automatically picked up on the new card or not. System is win xp home. Thanks |
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pci video card
Hunter wrote: I have on board video and am upgrading to 128mb pci card. Is it necessary to disable the on board before installing the new card. Didn't know if windows did this and automatically picked up on the new card or not. System is win xp home. Thanks Nyes. Meaning it depends on your motherboard, Windows has little to do with it. Sometimes just the fact that you put in another video card will disable the onboard for you. This is true for nearly all machines that have both onbard video and an AGP slot. For machines with only PCI slots, this is iffier, sometimes the onboard can't be disabled. The only machine I've seen this on is crappy Gateway Micro-desktops. If you tell us more about your machine (Make/model/motherboard), you may get a more definitive answer. It would also help to know if your new card is PCI or the newer PCI-e. |
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pci video card
On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 06:38:08 GMT, "Hunter"
wrote: I have on board video and am upgrading to 128mb pci card. Is it necessary to disable the on board before installing the new card. Didn't know if windows did this and automatically picked up on the new card or not. System is win xp home. Thanks With any system new enough to have AGP or PCI Express video support (even if it doesn't have the slot, it can be a northbridge-integral or discrete chip (more common on server boards) which generally means anything from around '97-98 till today, it depends on what the bios default setting is for which video card (type) to consider the primary display. Often the bios is set by default to consider PCI the default to reduce customer support issues, with the idea that it would be more likely to have someone install a new card to replace their AGP (or PCI Express) rather than be a supplimentary 2nd display. So install the PCI card and plug the monitor into it. When you turn the system on if you don't see the video on the monitor as usual, within a second or two, turn off the system, reconnect monitor to the other video port, and when you power on, enter the bios menu to change the primary display adapter setting. |
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pci video card-more info
Heres a little more info on computer
VIA/S3 UniChrome Video Adapter Motherboard Name Abit VA-20 / ECS KM400-M Deluxe / KM400-M2 / KM400A-M2 / V7- Motherboard Chipset VIA UniChrome KM266 Pro / KM400(A) / KN400(A Award BIOS Type Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG |
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pci video card-more info
Hunter wrote: Heres a little more info on computer VIA/S3 UniChrome Video Adapter Motherboard Name Abit VA-20 / ECS KM400-M Deluxe / KM400-M2 / KM400A-M2 / V7- Motherboard Chipset VIA UniChrome KM266 Pro / KM400(A) / KN400(A Award BIOS Type Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG The onboard video should automatically disable itself. |
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pci video card-more info
On 25 Jun 2006 17:18:10 -0700, "
wrote: Hunter wrote: Heres a little more info on computer VIA/S3 UniChrome Video Adapter Motherboard Name Abit VA-20 / ECS KM400-M Deluxe / KM400-M2 / KM400A-M2 / V7- Motherboard Chipset VIA UniChrome KM266 Pro / KM400(A) / KN400(A Award BIOS Type Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG The onboard video should automatically disable itself. Are you sure? That's an AGP northbridge video implementation, with the insertion of an AGP card it would be expected to automatically disable itself but with a PCI? I'd always presumed it depended on the default bios setting for which (AGP or PCI) was initialized first. |
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pci video card-more info
kony wrote: On 25 Jun 2006 17:18:10 -0700, " wrote: Hunter wrote: Heres a little more info on computer VIA/S3 UniChrome Video Adapter Motherboard Name Abit VA-20 / ECS KM400-M Deluxe / KM400-M2 / KM400A-M2 / V7- Motherboard Chipset VIA UniChrome KM266 Pro / KM400(A) / KN400(A Award BIOS Type Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG The onboard video should automatically disable itself. Are you sure? That's an AGP northbridge video implementation, with the insertion of an AGP card it would be expected to automatically disable itself but with a PCI? I'd always presumed it depended on the default bios setting for which (AGP or PCI) was initialized first. What I've seen is that setting usually makes very little difference in the case of a single video card besides the onboard. It might make a difference with multiple video cards. Theres only been one motherboard I've ever seen that adding a PCI video card won't automagically disable the onboard. Irregardless of that setting. At most, you have to clear the BIOS. I do wonder why OP bought a PCI card, with the option of AGP. I hope he didn't acciedently buy a PCI-e. |
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pci video card-more info
On 26 Jun 2006 17:25:44 -0700, "
wrote: I do wonder why OP bought a PCI card, with the option of AGP. I hope he didn't acciedently buy a PCI-e. KM266 wasn't all that great, with DDR memory it was sufficient for video playback and general office/surfing/etc, but maybe he wanted DVI, S-Video I/O or at least a little bit of (older) gaming ability. Something like a PCI FX5700 would be multiple times faster at gaming. |
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pci video card-still need help
Back again, still trying to get video card to work. Card is a pci g-force
mx-4000. Install card but get one long beep, but no video. Have 2 other computers and get same results , no video. Card is good and guess there is a change I need to make in bios but not sure what. I don't see anything for primary display. If anyone can help me get this working, it will be appreciated. Field Value Motherboard Name Abit VA-20 / ECS KM400-M Deluxe / KM400-M2 / V7-2 Field Value Award BIOS Message KM400-M2 04/21/2005 Field Value North Bridge VIA ProSavageDDR KM266 Pro / VT8378(A) UniChrome KM400(A) Device Description Device Type VIA/S3 UniChrome Video Adapter Device Description Device Type VIA/S3 UniChrome 3D Accelerator |
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pci video card-still need help
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 23:12:33 GMT, "Hunter"
wrote: Back again, still trying to get video card to work. Card is a pci g-force mx-4000. Install card but get one long beep, but no video. This would seem to suggest the card is either defective in some way, your case (or motherboard itself) mounting isn't seating the card quite right, or there is a rare motherboard-card incompatibility. You might check for a bios update for the board. Have 2 other computers and get same results , no video. Card is good This suggests card is not "good", in what configuration (system, test) does the card work for certain? and guess there is a change I need to make in bios but not sure what. I don't see anything for primary display. If anyone can help me get this working, it will be appreciated. You might try resetting the bios (clear CMOS) with AC power off, and first time you turn system on, have the card installed already. Field Value Motherboard Name Abit VA-20 / ECS KM400-M Deluxe / KM400-M2 / V7-2 Field Value Award BIOS Message KM400-M2 04/21/2005 Field Value North Bridge VIA ProSavageDDR KM266 Pro / VT8378(A) UniChrome KM400(A) Device Description Device Type VIA/S3 UniChrome Video Adapter Device Description Device Type VIA/S3 UniChrome 3D Accelerator I know of no particular issuse with your board, AFAIK it should have worked already. |
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