Re: How do I edit the BIOS (press f11 at startup to get to BIOS then?)
- From: "Dana Cline - MVP" <dcline@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 13:21:34 -0600
That's going to vary by each BIOS. Look in Advanced Features or something
similar, once you press F11 at startup). In many cases, the BIOS will
automatically use a video board in the AGP or PCI Express slot if it finds
one, otherwise it will default to the onboard graphics. On those PCs, I
don't know if you can enable both or not.
Dana Cline - MCE MVP
"jeffrey" <jeffrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:D588986A-9CA0-47AD-B861-D60CF1972D72@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> How do I disable the onboard video in the BIOS and designate the video
> cards
> as primary and secondary? Thanks much...
>
> I was given this advice...
>
> After you install the new card and its drivers and get it to work do not
> try
> starting MCE until you disable the onboard video preferrably in the BIOS
> and
> make sure that one of the displays from your new card is designated as
> Primary and the Other as Secondary and again Reboot and try MCE. Also be
> sure you are using either the 77.79 or 81.94 drivers from NVIDIA for your
> 6600GT card.
>
> "jeffrey" <jeffrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:D95923FD-FFAC-4721-B61C-6AA997937946@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Equipment: WinXPMCE 2005 OS, AMD Athlon 64, 2.2 GHz 3500+, w 2 GIG RAM,
>> ATI
>> Radeon Xpress 200, Socket 939: I have a Double Sight dual monitor and
>> needed
>> to upgrade my video card to utilize the 2 screens. My current video card
>> is
>> installed directly to the motherboard. I did not remove any drivers
>> preinstalled on my system. After installing the new video card (Chaintech
>> GeForce 6600GT 128MB PCIe w/TV & DVI Out) and the drivers both monitors
>> worked until opening the Media Center which caused the media center
>> screen
>> to
>> freeze/ crash and flicker. The other screen monitor still worked. I hit
>> cntrl alt dlt and stopped the media center and regained control over both
>> monitors (Note: 100% sytem use prior to halting media center). I already
>> have done a full system restore which eliminates the problem when using
>> the
>> installed video card. HELP! What should I do?
>
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