I have a PCI video card that I am trying to use as my primary (or possibly only) video card and my computer doesn't want me to do that. In my BIOS I have the option of setting the primary video controller to AGP or to Auto which uses PCI first or AGP if a PCI video card isn't found. So I set it to Auto (have tried with 'DAC Snooping' on or off) and when I restart or turn on next, I get no video out of either card. To fix it I have to remove the PCI card so the Auto setting will choose my working AGP card. I've tried many things here such as playing with the IRQ settings in the BIOS, removing the AGP card, and physically looking for jumpers/switches on either card, but have had no luck. I know the video from the PCI card works since I can make it work fine (as either a primary or secondary monitor) in Windows, but I have never seen any video out of it before Windows finished booting.
Here's the full situation: I have an ATI All-in-Wonder 128 Pro PCI card that I am trying to install. I found out that I need to use it as the primary video card in order to use the TV tuner functionality on it. I assume it must be the primary card in BIOS as I can't get Windows to detect it as a video capture device. My AGP card in a nVidia GeForce something.
Any ideas?
Here's the full situation: I have an ATI All-in-Wonder 128 Pro PCI card that I am trying to install. I found out that I need to use it as the primary video card in order to use the TV tuner functionality on it. I assume it must be the primary card in BIOS as I can't get Windows to detect it as a video capture device. My AGP card in a nVidia GeForce something.
Any ideas?
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