Disable onboard video help. Not in BIOS.

[Winchester]

How do I disable the onboard video on a Sony Vaio PCV-2210? There is an option in BIOS for everything but onboard video. I have googled it and looked for it on the sony website but found nada.

I have a dual vga Geforce FX 5200, and it will not let me just use the two on the video card, I have to enable the onboard one as well, otherwise everytime I right click on the desktop I get an error. I am using Windows XP Pro.

 

[minendo]

Just disable it through WinXP.

Go into the control panel. Select System. Choose the Hardware tab. Select Device Manager. Under Device Adapters, disable the onboard one.

 

[Sid59]

sometimes motherboards automatically disable onboard when you add a PCI or AGP card.

 

[Mavrick007]

Perhaps there's a jumper onboard that you will have to set to disable the onboard video.
Check your manual.

 

[Winchester]

minendo
I will try that.

Sid59
It is allowing both simultaneously.

Mavrick007
The manual is only for like speaker and keyboard setup, nada.

 

[Mavrick007]

Ahh yes, that's right.. most OEM's expect that you will never have to open the case to install anything at all cause it's a perfect machine as it is

I once bought a 386 that had a label on the case so that if I opened it I would void the warranty.. never again will I make that mistake.

 

[Winchester]

I tried disabling through hardware manager, no go.

 

[hpfanatic]

See if there is an option for which vga to start first, either onboard or AGP. That will disable the onboard when you install the AGP Card.