Video Memory Error

Disable Onboard in BIOS
Uninstall any gfx drivers you currently had and disable the specific onboard card in Windows as well
Install new card and get latest drivers from nvidia/ati
i woud then make sure you are ONLY runniing on 1 set of drivers...having 2 or more video drivers will screw your card sometimes. i have had this problem and it turns out the onboard was disabled in BIOS...but windows was still searching for it, therefore enabling it when it looked for it.
 
DK999k said:
eeerrrmmm... i cant 'disable' it in bios specifically because my BIOS is limited. but i did change the primary card to PCI. i have gone into the device manager in control panel and disabled the onboard graphics, but the drivers are still there.
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ok...so did you uninstall the drivers for the onboard card? once you do that it will go back to windows video drivers and you can install your new card adn then update the drivers for that card.
 
when I installed the NVidia card I changed the BIOS primary graphics adapter to PCI and I uninstalled the Onboard graphics drivers...
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If the option was something like "Primary VGA Device: PCI/AGP" that wont make much of a difference (and you should leave it on AGP if thats what you've got). As far as onboard goes, you'll want to disable the onboard vga (which is found elsewhere in the BIOS)

i have gone into the device manager in control panel and disabled the onboard graphics, but the drivers are still there.
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If the device is disabled, the drivers wont load up so it shouldnt be a problem
 
- Tried disabling the Internal AGP Turbo mode? (it under the Advanced --> Chip configuration)
- That "PCI" thing you're talking about, i assume you meant the "Primary VGA BIOS"?
- Also, the monitor IS plugged into the GFX5200 right?
 
There are alot of Advanced options around. could you be more specific.... :-/
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I thought I was:
Advanced --> Chip Configuration --> Internal AGP Turbo Mode

Apparently, my BIOS automatically disables the onboard when another VGA is installed
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Yes thats what i expected. With regards to benchmarks, you can still benchmark a chip without having a monitor connected to it ....
 
Is Windows flipping back?

Is his Windows XP Home wanting to flip back (search) for on-board video? Could he disable on-board video stuff in Windows? Did something revert? Windows XP could be wanting on-board graphics.....who knows?
 
Greg J. said:
who knows?
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not me. i think windows is still enabling his old card...but i wouldnt know how to stop that since my mobo doesnt have onboard gfx...and my older boards that did i never used it so i never had to enable-disable-install drivers for it.
 
No idea but you can manually track down the drivers probably via DXDIAG but surely via Device Manager... boot up on console mode and delete them :) (make backups first heehee)
 
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