Amd690GM: Why can't onboard video play nicely w/PCIE or PCI video cards?

[JEDI]

I have the Amd690GM mobo. It has a Radeon 1250 onboard video.

I have 3 monitors:
20" LCD
20" LCD
17" CRT

I uninstalled the Radeon drivers, and put in a Geforce 6200LE in the PCIE slot. I set bios to use PCIE as primary. Boots fine using generic WinXP video drivers. As soon as I install Nvidia drivers, WinXP reboots. And goes into a reboot loop 🙁

I take out the 6200LE, and set bios to use onboard video as primary. boots fine. I put in a Radeon 7000 in the PCI slot. I install Catalyst v6.xx. (the latest Catalyst drivers (v8.2) doesnt support the 7000.) I enable Surroundview in Bios. Once I get to WinXP, it reboots. And goes into a reboot loop. 🙁

The reason I bought the Amd690GM was for its onboard video. I wanted to save $ by not using both a pci and pcie video cards. (I'm using the PCI card in another system.)

What's the problem w/this mobo's onboard video and a video card?!?

 

[JEDI]

bump

 

[DaGato]

Don't know what the problem is, but the Radeon X1250 IGP is actually an X700 GPU. Try booting with the 7000 as primary.