The onboard video adapter in my computer has failed. As soon as the computer switches from text to graphics during the boot process, the video fails and hangs up the boot process. (It won't even boot Linux from a CD.)
I have a new computer on the way, and I have good data backups, so this is not as bad a problem as it could have been, but I would still like to get the old machine to work again, even if temporarily. I have a suitable PCI video card that I tried installing, but the computer will not recognize it as the primary video card. The card appears to function at least minimally, as the monitor does get a signal, but the boot dialog is still going out the onboard video. The BIOS has no provision for disabling the onboard video.
Any ideas?
Computer Video Card Question
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wds937
- Posts: 189
- Joined: Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:58 pm
- System_Drive: C
- 32bit or 64bit: 32 Bit
- motherboard: Dell 0HN7XN A01
- processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core E5800 - 64-bit - 3.20 GHz
- ram: 4 GB
- Video Card: Intel G41 Express - integrated
- sound_card: Realtek High Definition Audio - integrated
- Hard_Drive_Capacity: 320 GB
- Monitor/Display Make & Model: ASUS VS247
- Location: New Orleans, LA, USA
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wds937
- Posts: 189
- Joined: Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:58 pm
- System_Drive: C
- 32bit or 64bit: 32 Bit
- motherboard: Dell 0HN7XN A01
- processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core E5800 - 64-bit - 3.20 GHz
- ram: 4 GB
- Video Card: Intel G41 Express - integrated
- sound_card: Realtek High Definition Audio - integrated
- Hard_Drive_Capacity: 320 GB
- Monitor/Display Make & Model: ASUS VS247
- Location: New Orleans, LA, USA
Re: Computer Video Card Question [Solved]
Solved: The motherboard requires the video card to be in the upper-most PCI slot. Then, it would auto-detect the PCI card and make it the primary display.