Re: More info, was Re: HELP! Still can't get rid of "Code 10" error on two video cards



Wesley Vogel wrote:

If your intention is to use the plugin video card, disable the onboard video in your BIOS. You should have done that when you added the plugin card. Consult your BIOS manual.

> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

As I mentioned in the post to which you are responding (see below), another user already suggested that. But, as I also mentioned in that post, I went into BIOS setup and did not find any screen which let me disable the onboard video.

In news:uZPgUGdhHHA.1216@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> I just discovered that the AGP card, an ATI 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X (one of
> the two which gets Code 10 -- the other is the onboard card) is listed
> as using PCI bus 1, device 0, function 0. Is this bad (an AGP card
> using a PCI bus)?
>
> Dudley Brooks wrote:
>> For the problem below, I tried Harry Boyne's (second) suggested
>> solution: "Try using the 99SE CD as a boot disk". Result: All that >> the
>> disk does is give me the error message "Can't run under this version >> of
>> XP. Run in MS-DOS". But in MS-DOS all the disk does is try to
>> re-install itself.
>>
>> I also tried "engine code y"'s solution: "Disable the onboard video >> in
>> the BIOS setup." But my BIOS setup doesn't include any screen that
>> enables/disables onboard video.
>>
>> Any other suggestions? They will be gratefully accepted and tried.
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Dudley Brooks wrote:
>>> Just upgraded from 98SE to XP (system not powerful enough to run
>>> Vista). In 98SE, had two monitors. Motherboard has built-in video,
>>> plus I added 2 video cards to support the 2 monitors I have (once >>> AGP,
>>> one PCI). In 98SE, in Device Manager, had to disable (or uninstall,
>>> can't remember which) the onboard video to get the 2 added cards to >>> be
>>> recognized and to get one of them to be the primary video.
>>>
>>> In XP, one added card is recognized, and functions as primary video.
>>> But onboard video and other added card both show "cannot start (code
>>> 10)". If I uninstall the onboard card, then every time I start up,
>>> the Find New Hardware reinstalls it. If I merely disable it, the
>>> other card still shows "can't start (error 10)". (I don't know if >>> the
>>> other card shows "can't start" when I uninstall the onboard card,
>>> since XP won't leave it uninstalled to find out.)
>>>
>>> Have tried everything Troubleshooter recommends: Uninstall and
>>> reinstall (as mentioned above anyway), reseating the cards (and,
>>> anyway, one of the "cards" is onboard, so it doesn't need to be
>>> reseated), looking for new drivers. (XP finds the drivers, so it
>>> can't be that one of the cards is no longer supported.)
>>>
>>> Suggestions? Thanks.
>>>
>>> -- Dudley
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