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Okay... here we go... first we need to be able to disable the on board video, so you can go Here and get the latest BIOS update. I'm looking through the manual for your motherboard right now.... do you know what version the PCB is? The newest is 4.0 if that helps.

 

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Nevermind the PCB thing... I misread something.... these gigabyte manuals are CRAP! I can't find anything on disabling onboard video, and the manual is 93 pages long in pdf format so it's a lot of needless scrolling... the search function is crap too. We'll get this taken care of though.

Oh, and it couldn't hurt to download the newest VGA driver while your at it....

 

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And if you wouldn't mind could you gather all the info needed Here

 

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Cool.

 

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Alrighty on the VGA... all you need to do is choose the one that fits your operating system.

 

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For the info, all of the red text is actually links to where you need to go to find the info it's asking for.... you best bet would be to open a new text file, and copy and paste the info in there after you get it and then post it all at once.

 

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I'm still poking through the online manual they threw together.... I haven't found much, and I really do hate scrolling through pages and pages of half filled pages becaus someone was too lazy to format the newly scanned text. Yes it is text, because you can search through it, so they don't even have the excuse that they are image files.

 

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What do you think speedo... newest drivers, a M$ update, and maybe the new version of DirectX? Then give it another shot.... I still can't find any way of disabling the onboard video short of getting a pair of pliers and ripping the blasted thing off.

 

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yeah... we send in his info to the blasted manufacturer's tech support and make them tell us how to disable it. That's about all your gonna get out of me in the way of a brainstorm.... this'd be a lot easier if I could see the board and look for the jumper, because if it's not in the BIOS then it has to be a jumper.... they wouldn't leave you stuck with a 4 Mb video card.... would they?

 

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If that were true you wouldn't have an IRQ error.

 

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Okay that conflict you saw when you went to view the onboard video... that is an IRQ conflict... it is basically the paging system of the motherboard for lack of a better explanation.... The problem is that the on board and the new one are "fighting" for things to do. When you tell the computer to do something both the video card try to handle it and get in each others way... causing the problem you have right now.

 

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Not without a BIOS reprogram, a whole lot of troubleshooting, technical expertise, and a GOOD soldering iron... so no pliers isn't an option... I knew you were kidding I just figured I'd respond back.

 

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I'm not much of an expert on IRQS, but it couldn't hurt to have more info

 

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alright keep us posted. I really is amazing how one .dll can (pardon my french) totally F*** up a perfectly good computer. That is just one more reason Mac OS is superior...sure it's harder to program, but everything is self contained...you have like 50 control panels TOPS... and that takes care of all the configuration... no little .vxd or .dll to get corrupted, that is about all I miss from my Mac... but then again my Macs were both a good 3 years old when I got them so they were far from screaming fast.

 

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Okay from my understanding of computers, .dll files are just modules of code the get referenced by a program that basically have predeveloped routines in them, which saves a lot of typing.
.inf files are drivers they are used by the operating system to control the hardware. The 4in1 drivers are the fact that VIA... the chipset for most mainstream motherboards had some problems with their support of AGP and just video cards in general....

What kind of connection do you have to the internet?
How fast is your processor?
How much RAM do you have, and what kind is it?

 

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okay... so you can handle going to www.updates.com and downloading and installing everything it says to.
Then going to the windows update site and downloading and installing everything it says to.

I'll surf around for a link to the Via 4in1 drivers. Let me know what 3dmark2001 say about your card.

 

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Ummmm... who are you getting tech support from.... because I'm pretty sure the 4in1 drivers only apply to VIA chipsets, but you have an intel810 chipset.... so if it's gigabyte that you got your support from I suggest you call them back and make sure you get someone different.

 

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Okay, they are allowed to mess up on the stats of your motherboard. You don't have a VIA chipset, you have an Intel810... just in case on of the tech support people ask you.