I have a Dell 2350 that's had the video connector physically ripped from the motherboard. Strangely enough and against all common sense I've found several posts over the years with the exact same situation, but no real resolution. I'm not thinking they used the strongest connector possible...
From what I've read on the Dell forums it seems that Dell doesn't understand how to set up a BIOS properly, as even patched to A02 the default for video is 'onboard' rather than 'auto'. To me this is backwards, as it should check for a card and default to the onboard if not found, but then I don't program BIOS's so hey... All I really know is that the replacement PCI Radeon card is being ignored completely.
I've hunted and pecked my way blindly around the bios using what little instruction I can find to no avail...
I'm hoping some kind soul here can detail the bios steps to switch the onboard video from 'onboard' to 'auto'. According to Dell it's in Advanced/Video, so it should be something like F2, Right Arrow, Down Down Down Down, Enter, PGUP, Enter, F10, Enter, but it's not that as I've tried it...
*sigh* Don't you just love computers?
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From what I've read on the Dell forums it seems that Dell doesn't understand how to set up a BIOS properly, as even patched to A02 the default for video is 'onboard' rather than 'auto'. To me this is backwards, as it should check for a card and default to the onboard if not found, but then I don't program BIOS's so hey... All I really know is that the replacement PCI Radeon card is being ignored completely.
I've hunted and pecked my way blindly around the bios using what little instruction I can find to no avail...
I'm hoping some kind soul here can detail the bios steps to switch the onboard video from 'onboard' to 'auto'. According to Dell it's in Advanced/Video, so it should be something like F2, Right Arrow, Down Down Down Down, Enter, PGUP, Enter, F10, Enter, but it's not that as I've tried it...
*sigh* Don't you just love computers?
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