Dell computer and new video card

slavick07 · 05-18-2005, 12:17 AM

I have a Dell pc and just put a new ATi Radeon 9250 pci card in it to replace the crappy intel onboard. Question is how do you completely disable the onboard video. In the BIOS under video it has 'Auto' and 'onboard' but no disable. Currently I have it disabled under windows in device manger. But it is still using system memory which is a pain. Any suggestions?

dai · 05-18-2005, 01:35 PM

when you install the agp card on a dell it auto disables the onboard,so i do not see how it can be still using your ram what tells you that it is

slavick07 · 05-21-2005, 11:36 PM

it is a pci video card, and the onboard was not auto-disabled. i have manually disabled it in device manger but it still uses system memory.

dai · 05-21-2005, 11:38 PM

see if you have a setting in the bios to detect pci first

05-18-2005, 12:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
slavick07 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bundaberg, Qld, Australia Posts: 83 OS: WinXP Home + SP2	Dell computer and new video card I have a Dell pc and just put a new ATi Radeon 9250 pci card in it to replace the crappy intel onboard. Question is how do you completely disable the onboard video. In the BIOS under video it has 'Auto' and 'onboard' but no disable. Currently I have it disabled under windows in device manger. But it is still using system memory which is a pain. Any suggestions? __________________ [AMD64 3800+@ 2.61Ghz][2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR500] [XFX nVidia 7800GTX OC (490/1300)] [Audigy 2ZS Platinum Pro][Antec 550W TrueControl II]

05-18-2005, 01:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,775 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	when you install the agp card on a dell it auto disables the onboard,so i do not see how it can be still using your ram what tells you that it is __________________

05-21-2005, 11:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
slavick07 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bundaberg, Qld, Australia Posts: 83 OS: WinXP Home + SP2	it is a pci video card, and the onboard was not auto-disabled. i have manually disabled it in device manger but it still uses system memory. __________________ [AMD64 3800+@ 2.61Ghz][2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR500] [XFX nVidia 7800GTX OC (490/1300)] [Audigy 2ZS Platinum Pro][Antec 550W TrueControl II]

05-21-2005, 11:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,775 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	see if you have a setting in the bios to detect pci first __________________