Onboard video replacement

[JayP]

My wife has a PC with an ECS P6ISM-II motherboard, which has both onboard video and an AGP slot. I've just added an AGP card, a GeForce-2 MX, and the system still sends a signal only to the onboard video and not to the new card. The only BIOS setting that relates to this has the following two choices: PCI and Onboard/AGP. I'm not sure who designed this, but the second choice covers two items...

I'm assuming this thing is supposed to auto-detect the expansion card and use it by default, but this isn't happening.

 

[Peter]

Adding an AGP card disables the integrated one, while adding a PCI card does not.

That said, it looks like you didn't manage to insert the AGP card properly. You wouldn't be the first.

 

[JayP]

Good call, you were right. However, in my defense, I had to whack the card with the heel of my hand to get it into the slot an extra millimeter. That sucker was snug. Previously when I double-checked my AGP insertion, I pushed firmly and it didn't budge.

Thanks much.