[SOLVED] Installing Graphic Card Help

3PointJ · 06-17-2008, 05:41 PM

Hi Guys,

I have a Inno3D 8600GT DDR2 (PCI-E) and I am trying to install onto a machine.

The machine is an ACER and has onboard graphics

Now I am having some issues.

I have first checked the BIOS to make sure it is not using onboard only, and it is set to auto, assuming once a PCI-X card is installed it will detect it.

Any suggestions for what I am doing wrong. I have installed a couple of gfx cards before with no worries....

Tumbleweed36 · 06-17-2008, 05:48 PM

Did you go in to the device manager (start, control panel, system, hardware, device manager, video adapter) and disable the onboard video by right clicking and selecting disable if it is in there?

3PointJ · 06-17-2008, 06:03 PM

Yeah done that.

I think I had a bad connection. I pulled it out, put it back in and it worked fine.

I was stressing out, I knew I had done everything right, and it wasn't working

Tumbleweed36 · 06-17-2008, 06:23 PM

Glad to hear you have it up and running. Have a great evening.

06-17-2008, 05:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
3PointJ Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Forster, NSW, Australia Posts: 105 OS: Vista Ultimate x64, Vista Home Premium, Ultimate, Business, Windows Server 2K3 & 2K8, XP Home & Pro My System	[SOLVED] Installing Graphic Card Help Hi Guys, I have a Inno3D 8600GT DDR2 (PCI-E) and I am trying to install onto a machine. The machine is an ACER and has onboard graphics Now I am having some issues. I have first checked the BIOS to make sure it is not using onboard only, and it is set to auto, assuming once a PCI-X card is installed it will detect it. Any suggestions for what I am doing wrong. I have installed a couple of gfx cards before with no worries....

06-17-2008, 05:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 14,190 OS: XP Professional	Re: Installing Graphic Card Help Did you go in to the device manager (start, control panel, system, hardware, device manager, video adapter) and disable the onboard video by right clicking and selecting disable if it is in there? __________________ ----------

06-17-2008, 06:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
3PointJ Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Forster, NSW, Australia Posts: 105 OS: Vista Ultimate x64, Vista Home Premium, Ultimate, Business, Windows Server 2K3 & 2K8, XP Home & Pro My System	Re: Installing Graphic Card Help Yeah done that. I think I had a bad connection. I pulled it out, put it back in and it worked fine. I was stressing out, I knew I had done everything right, and it wasn't working

06-17-2008, 06:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 14,190 OS: XP Professional	Re: Installing Graphic Card Help Glad to hear you have it up and running. Have a great evening. __________________ ----------