A friend in need of help with Video Card Drivers

[NoStateofMind]

A friend of mine has a motherboard with onboard video (x1300 or x300, not sure). He installed a 7900GS without uninstalling the onboard video drivers or disabling onboard video. I recommended he use Driver Cleaner Pro, disable onboard video and install the new drivers from the nVidia site. He said he couldnt find the onboard video in BIOS, and whenever he tries to install drivers from nVidia it states he doesnt have the correct hardware. Any help guys?

 

[deadken]

Perhaps he should physically remove the new video card from the machine and reboot with the onboard video. Then he can download the proper drivers for the new card and un-install any drivers that are from the old card. Don't reboot the PC upon request. Shut it down instead. Install the new card, boot the PC, check BIOS to see if there is an option for which kind of video to boot first (onboard, PCI, AGP/PCI-e) and make the appropriate selection. Boot the PC and install the drivers. Reboot the PC.


Other then that, perhaps check the Mobo manufacturers website for information (some of the older onboard video PC had a jumper on the motherboard).

 

[CKXP]

PC Surgeon, if your friend can't find the onboard video in the BIOS, then he should able to disable the onboard video through the Device Manager.

Perhaps he should physically remove the new video card from the machine and reboot with the onboard video.

from there go to the Device Manager->Display Adapters->(x300) right click; select Disable. That should work