onboard useless?

[Omegachi]

so i want to upgrade my video by installing a new PCI vid card ( i don't have an AGP slot on this damn celeron). The computer currently uses a onboard integrated chip at 64 mb. If i install the new card, what would happen to the onboard video card?

 

[PCTweaker5]

Nothing it just gets disabled when you install the PCI drivers. I think you have to uninstall the integrated drivers first before you install the new card but Im not sure Ive never been in that situation.

 

[Peter]

No, no, no. Most integrated VGA units do NOT disable when you install a PCI VGA card, and thus you do NOT uninstall their drivers else you're royally screwed upon reboot. What you'll end up with is two active VGA cards, usable as dual-head.

Enter the system's BIOS, set the VGA preference to PCI. Power down, unplug power cord, install new card, move monitor cord onto new card, power up and see what happens.

_After_ you've successfully booted into Windows and installed the new card's drivers, you may then go to Device Manager to _disable_ (not uninstall!) the integrated VGA device.

 

[nRollo]

I'd say you're more in the market for a new computer from the sound of things.

 

[InlineFive]

Not really Rollo. The Radeon 9000/9100/9200 series GPU have a good PCI-based performance. If he's not in the market for serious games that should be more then enough. Keep in mind that this will take bandwidth away from other system devices however.

-Por

 

[Soulkeeper]

good upgrade

 

[Omegachi]

i am trying to run UT2004

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Peter
No, no, no. Most integrated VGA units do NOT disable when you install a PCI VGA card, and thus you do NOT uninstall their drivers else you're royally screwed upon reboot. What you'll end up with is two active VGA cards, usable as dual-head.

Enter the system's BIOS, set the VGA preference to PCI. Power down, unplug power cord, install new card, move monitor cord onto new card, power up and see what happens.

_After_ you've successfully booted into Windows and installed the new card's drivers, you may then go to Device Manager to _disable_ (not uninstall!) the integrated VGA device.

That particular process has fux0r3d a few video driver sets that I've run across.

The process I use is:

Boot into Windows - uninstall integrated drivers
Reboot into BIOS - disable onboard video completely and set to "PCI Slot" video
Shut down, plug in PCI card, plug monitor into PCI
Power on, install PCI card drivers

No fuss, no muss, and most importantly, no onboard driver remnants.

- M4H

 

[Jaxidian]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: Peter
No, no, no. Most integrated VGA units do NOT disable when you install a PCI VGA card, and thus you do NOT uninstall their drivers else you're royally screwed upon reboot. What you'll end up with is two active VGA cards, usable as dual-head.

Enter the system's BIOS, set the VGA preference to PCI. Power down, unplug power cord, install new card, move monitor cord onto new card, power up and see what happens.

_After_ you've successfully booted into Windows and installed the new card's drivers, you may then go to Device Manager to _disable_ (not uninstall!) the integrated VGA device.

That particular process has fux0r3d a few video driver sets that I've run across.

The process I use is:

Boot into Windows - uninstall integrated drivers
Reboot into BIOS - disable onboard video completely and set to "PCI Slot" video
Shut down, plug in PCI card, plug monitor into PCI
Power on, install PCI card drivers

No fuss, no muss, and most importantly, no onboard driver remnants.

- M4H

I have to agree with M4H here.

 

[Omegachi]

Originally posted by: Jaxidian

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: Peter
No, no, no. Most integrated VGA units do NOT disable when you install a PCI VGA card, and thus you do NOT uninstall their drivers else you're royally screwed upon reboot. What you'll end up with is two active VGA cards, usable as dual-head.

Enter the system's BIOS, set the VGA preference to PCI. Power down, unplug power cord, install new card, move monitor cord onto new card, power up and see what happens.

_After_ you've successfully booted into Windows and installed the new card's drivers, you may then go to Device Manager to _disable_ (not uninstall!) the integrated VGA device.

That particular process has fux0r3d a few video driver sets that I've run across.

The process I use is:

Boot into Windows - uninstall integrated drivers
Reboot into BIOS - disable onboard video completely and set to "PCI Slot" video
Shut down, plug in PCI card, plug monitor into PCI
Power on, install PCI card drivers

No fuss, no muss, and most importantly, no onboard driver remnants.

- M4H

I have to agree with M4H here.

how do you uninstall integrated drivers?

 

[fredtam]

Start>control panel>display>settings tab>advanced button>adapter tab> properties button>driver tab> remove driver.
Turn off onboard video and select pci video in bios

Or just right click on the desktop select properties>settings and go from there.