computer wizards need help again.???

[marcus]

i got a motherboard ( asus p5b-vm se model ) its got an onboard video that i need to disable and im installing a new pci express video card.

1st question: . how to disable onboard video.. fr bios all i see is -__ graphic disable/8mb/16mb... im not sure if this is it..manual doesnt specify.

2nd q: do i disable onboard or is the new video card installed will overtake and shuts the onboard automatically.

anyone...?? thanks.:iono: :iono: :iono:

[tk-421]

Yeah, that should be it
I'm pretty sure that the onboard video module will always take precedence, so even if your new video card is properly installed and detected, it will try to boot from the onboard one first
You may want to try and search for a BIOS settings page. One way to do this is to find out which BIOS brand you have (VIA, Award, etc), and then just google "Award BIOS settings". You may be able to find the exact settings that you're looking for.

Hope that helps you out! :thumbsup:

[kurokoma-kun]

So you went to control panel/system/hardware/device manager/display adapters...then right clicked on the device and no "disable" appeared in menu?

[marcus]

thanks guys i will try when i get home..ill try thru the bios first ..then on xp device manager...i cant wait to plug my bfg 7900gs oc ..

asus is no help sent them email over a week ago but no responce yet...i dont know why they dont put this on their manual..*sigh*..

[xed]

I've never seen where you could disable the onboard video but that's because I think it's a non-issue. The mobo is smart enough that it will notice that your monitor is plugged into your new video card and not plugged into the onboard mobo video. So you don't have to turn anything off; just pop your new card in and then plug your monitor up to the new video card and you'll be good to go.

[marcus]

ok ill try that as well.. thanks xed....

[Canuck]

Xed speaks true.

The most you can do is change a setting in the BIOS to tell it which card should be looked at first.

Don't mess with it. If the add-on card ever goes nuts, you'll be glad to have a backup video.

[slvryaris]

Go into BIOS at startup and then it should say onboard graphics and their should be an option to disable. I just put a PNY GeForce 7600 GS in mine. I'm not to the big 8800 boys yet.

[eTiMaGo]

There is also sometimes an option of which adapter to initialize first. (Init Display First, I think is the actual wording)

Though AFAIK if you have two video adapters, whether one is integrated or not, the display will be duplicated on both until you set it up the way you want in Windows.

My suggestion, though? buy another LCD screen to use as a secondary monitor... once you go multi-monitor, you won't want to go back :biggrin:

[nsmitchell]

If you don't disable your onboard video, it may think you want multiple displays. I would plug your new card in, hook your monitor to it, boot up and go into the BIOS and set your onboard video to disabled, otherwise it will be robbing you of some RAM memory since every onboard video I've seen uses shared memory.

[marcus]

ok i got the bios.. i got ( initiate graphic adapter ) default is (peg/pci) options are igd, pci/igd, pci/peg, peg/igd, peg/pci.... im assuming pci/peg is the option i need..

also initiate graphic mode ( disable/enable/1mb/8mb ) are the option do i touch this as well...

[marcus]

ok i think i figured it out.. i need to put it on (peg/pci) peg being (pci express graphic) as the default.. cant wait i got to play nfs carbon!!

[CompanyXPaladin]

On most newer motherboards, the computer will automatically detect and switch to a graphics card. Just install the card and plug the monitor into the card, it should work. Then you just need to put the drivers on your computer. If for whatever reason this fails, you may need to disable Onboard Video in BIOS, as some people have already told you. If you tell me what BIOS and version your running, I can tell you where this option is. In some cases, depending on the BIOS, you may need to tell the computer how much ram, and what speed your video card is. This should be very close by the Onboard Video option.