how do I disable on board video?

[1global]

I have a Biostar M7VKF motherboard with an AMD Duron 800 cpu. The video is fuzzy at all times. Not just under Windows (XP). I bought another video card (pci) and when I booted up the computer it was just blank. It seems I have to disable the on board video to get this to work correctly but I can't seem to find out how to do this. There is nowhere in the BIOS to disable the onboard video. There are no jumpers to set either. There is an AGP slot on the board. Should I have got an AGP video card? What next? Any ideas? Thanks.

[Dax_Brandy]

you should have gotten the AGP card instead to have maximum performance. but anyways, have you check your mobo manual for the instructions on how to disable on-board video?

[muno]

I checked the manual, doesn't say anything about onboard video

It should be where the other integrated devices are (sound, whatever), but according to the manual it isn't.

Are you certain you plugged the video cable in the right card?

[DallasDon]

Right click the wallpaper, display properties window appears.

Go to settings tab.

Should have two monitors showing.

click on the new monitor, tick the window at the bottom

"use this device as my primary monitor"

Select the onboard monitor, uncheck the box

"extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor"

The onboard video use the AGP bus, installing an AGP card will automatically disable it.

You may also have a setting in the BIOS for primary video device, set to PCI in you case.

[1global]

Muno Said "Are you certain you plugged the video cable in the right card?".
I guess sometimes the answer is so obvious that one can quickly overlook it. Well, thanks muno...I never plugged my monitor into the new video card! I plugged it into the new card and what do you know...nice video! I'd have to say that this fix ranks right up there with...if your power switch does not seem to work, check that you are plugged in the wall outlet! Thanks all, and happy computing.

[John Prophet]

hehe, I have done that more than once...the worst time was when a dudes onboard sound had died...so I put in a soundcard and called the dude...he came to get it and I went to show him it was ready and I could NOT get sound out of it, lol. Dude stood there while I tried....then he was getting nervous...he said "uhh, I dont have to pay if it doesnt work do I?"

Anyway, he walked over and was talking to someone else and I was getting ready to take the side cover off when I realized I had plugged it into the onboard sound port, lol.

Embarrassing but still fun!!

JP

[muno]

Just last week I was fixing a computer client said was a problem reading email (this usually means there's no network connectivity at all).

Went there, and saw that dhcp was not giving address, the adapter was 0.0.0.0. So I checked the crosspatch-closet, changed ports in switchs, changed cables, called the networking department whether we'd ran out of ips on dhcp, spanked the computer.
Until I realized there was another nic in the computer, along with the integrated one, the integrated was not working. So I put the cable in the other nic, and whee, everything works.
This all took about an hour.
Felt a bit stupid

[Dax_Brandy]

LOL, 1global.... sometimes we do things in a hurry, huh?