Re: New AGP VIDEO CARD Install

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Fred_at_anonymous.com
Date: 10/07/04 

Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 12:14:15 -0400

Thanks, Alex and Josh -

I removed the OLD video card drivers using Add/Remove Progs, then shutdown.
Installed the NEW card and rebooted to the BIOS Setup.
-- Found that the AGP setting was on AUTO meaning it would disable the
onboard as soon as an AGP card was found - so didn't need to do anything
there.
System powered up, found new HW, told it DO NOT SEARCH
Inserted the ATI CD and it ran its installer

Seems to be running just fine - Thanks again, Fred

Alex Nichol wrote:

> Josh wrote:
>
> >1.)Remove the old drives and controle pannel
> >2.)Reboot computer and enter bios
> >3.)Change primary video device to agp or disable onboard video
> >4.)Save bois settings, Shutdown computer and install card
> >5.)Turn on computer and Install drivers.
> >
>
> I would do the physical installation of the card after 1: power down at
> that point, install the card, then boot and use the BIOS set up to
> disable the inbuilt video and enable the AGP (if needed), so you are
> switching to something that is already there. Then the boot up to XP
> can use the basic VGA of the card's BIOS and run well enough to install
> the new card's drivers
>
> --
> Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
> Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)

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