Onboard Graphics

[Grasshopper]

Hello again,
Is it fairly common to have to disable onboard graphics controllers through the Bios, as opposed to just disabling them through the Device Manager? More specifically, Intel Extreme Graphics 2 (# 82865GV) on an Intel # D865GVHZ board (Bios version # BF86510A.15A.0085.P20)?????????????????????????

 

[The_Other_One]

If you simply disable something though device manager, you're computer will still detect it during startup and use the resources. Unless you have it setup where it uses some other display as the primary, this won't do any good. Even if it's secondary, I suspect they might still be contflicts.

Do you have something aginst disabling your onboard GFX though the bios? If the option's there, it's normally under intergrated peripherals or something like that. Or, some machines have a VRAM/Video Ram/Frame Buffer setting and you simply set it to 0M or N/A. OR...Some computer disable onboard video if you install another card. Typcially, these also have an AGP slot...

 

[Grasshopper]

If you simply disable something though device manager, you're computer will still detect it during startup and use the resources. Unless you have it setup where it uses some other display as the primary, this won't do any good. Even if it's secondary, I suspect they might still be contflicts.

Do you have something aginst disabling your onboard GFX though the bios? If the option's there, it's normally under intergrated peripherals or something like that. Or, some machines have a VRAM/Video Ram/Frame Buffer setting and you simply set it to 0M or N/A. OR...Some computer disable onboard video if you install another card. Typcially, these also have an AGP slot...

The problem all along has been no signal through the GeForce cards, I had tried 2 different cards in 2 different slots, but only using Device Manager to disable Integrated GRFX.
I will change the setting in the Bios under peripherals in the advanced section, from AGP to PCI. I saw it was set to AGP (don't know how or why) and didn't think that was correct because it doesn't even have an AGP slot on the board, but I have not had much/any experience with messing with Bioses (never needed to before, to install cards on Dell and H.P.) and didn't want to screw something up.
Thanks for the info.