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Removing a videocard from a computer

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dcpsoguy

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I plan to remove my ATI Radeon 9800 Pro from my old computer to my new computer.. on this old computer.. there wouldnt be any ramifications for doing this, right? Except for the inability to do anything graphics related.
 
Nothing will happen as long as you do it soaking wet with the computer powered up - otherwise the BIOS graphics accelerator will get jacked up, and you don't want that to happen. Using a spray bottle to wet the card down first helps it slide in and out of the socket too, as does astroglide.

Oh and WRONG FORUM!
 
If the motherboard has onboard video, you can still run the computer. If it doesn't, you'll need a vid card to do anything at all. Now get the hell out of ATOT half the people here don't have a clue to what you're talking about
 
what do you expect will happen? the computer will blow up? just uninstall any ATI drivers next time you put in an nvidia video card into the old computer.
 
You asking about the ramifications?

If you have integrated video, then you will still be able to use the comp for basic stuff.

If not, you won't be using the comp till you put another in there...
 
check bios

or just check on the back of the computer if you can plug in the monitor to any sort of adapter.

no you won't plug that into a printer port.
 
There won't be any ramifications. That only happens if you remove the ram.
You might have some videocardifications, though...be careful! 😛
 
There will only be ramifications if you remove your RAM. Yeah, that's it.

Wow.

Edit: Doh! DingDingDao stole my line! 😀
 
Originally posted by: DingDingDao
There won't be any ramifications. That only happens if you remove the ram.
You might have some videocardifications, though...be careful! 😛
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:thumbsup:ROFLMAO
 
Originally posted by: Ophir
Nothing will happen as long as you do it soaking wet with the computer powered up - otherwise the BIOS graphics accelerator will get jacked up, and you don't want that to happen. Using a spray bottle to wet the card down first helps it slide in and out of the socket too, as does astroglide.

Oh and WRONG FORUM!
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:thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: dcpsoguy
Can I get some serious replies, please?
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If you want to remove an integrated video card, you have to disintegrate it first. I think you'll find what you need by googling "disintegrating visualization."

If it's not integrated, then you can just remove the video card. After removing the old card, boot your old computer up again. When you see the Windows loading logo, then there were no ramifications.

EDIT: typo
 
Originally posted by: DingDingDao
There won't be any ramifications. That only happens if you remove the ram.
You might have some videocardifications, though...be careful! 😛
Click to expand...

hahahaha!!

for some reason that really made me laugh!
 
i cant beleive some who posts in anandtech doesnt know how to remove a video card. if you dont have a video card you cant plug a monitor in it, thus you cant use it. unless it has onboard video. see if there is another port your monitor plug in can fit into.
 
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