Hi Steven,
Thanks for that.
I had a look at the motherboard manual on-line
(the one that came with the mobo said nothing
about anything really) - you'd have thought I'd
have checked on-line first :)
A response in their FAQ stated that the BIOS
should automatically detect the new card and
automatically disable the on-board vid...I'll find
out when I get the card I guess.
I've found a shop in Lidcombe selling a new FX5200
Nvidia card for $55 - I'm in Belmore so it's only
15-20min drive.
I'll post back with the gory details :)
Regards,
Patrick
Steven O'Reilly wrote:
Patrick
When I did the same thing on an Intel board there was a BIOS option
for whether the AGP or PCI should be the first/primary video device
(the one that gets all the start up messages) there was also the
option to disable the on-board video.
If you have two monitors you will see which is which when you start up.
regards
Steven
On 1/29/07, elliott-brennan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi James,
Thanks for that. I was under the impression that
I'd have to disable the on-board vid first. I was
contemplating having the new card not work and
then finding out that I had NO video at all
%)
I'm assuming I will then see two cards in the
system settings (Kubuntu 6.06) and can then
choose the primary?
Regards,
Patrick
> 8. Re: Installing Nvidia card ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:20:17 +0900
>
> 1) PLUG OUT your machine, or wall-plug off. Power Switch does NOT
off the PCI
> bus
> 2) Plug in your new card
> 3) Plug in the monitor and switch on
>
> Its possible to make the primary-card the on-board card, but not
normal,
> so no other action required
> James
>
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