When there is an Onboard video card on the mobo are you able to take it off and put a different video card on it?
When there is an Onboard video card on the mobo are you able to take it off and put a different video card on it?
Systems Specs
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O/S: Windows Xp Service Pack 2
Processor: Intel Pentium 4
Speed: 2.6 ghz
Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 6800 128MB DDR SDRAM
Ram: 1Gig of ram
Comp Model: Hp Pavilion a250n
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Oh ok i've never messed with an onboard VC Mobo before so it's not a card at all right? And if I were to put a card on it, it would just disable the OBVC by itself?
Systems Specs
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O/S: Windows Xp Service Pack 2
Processor: Intel Pentium 4
Speed: 2.6 ghz
Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 6800 128MB DDR SDRAM
Ram: 1Gig of ram
Comp Model: Hp Pavilion a250n
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your new video card would plug into the agp or Pci-e slot on your motherboard. the plug and the chip for the onboard would still be there, they just would not work, as it gets disabled. I belive that you could run the onboard and a new GPU at the same time and do dual monitors. in order to remove your Onboard, I guess it would have to be unsoldered from the board- not all that feasable.
i've never messed with onboard video be4 until 3 days ago. my bud bought a pci card and with installed he got a black screen. had to go into device manager and disable the display adaptor. so, if that happens to u that's what needs to be done.
edit: no disable onboard in bios. lol, gay.
Last edited by mr. nails; 02-27-2006 at 02:23 PM.
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That sounds about right.Originally Posted by mr. nails
Usually, if you've got onboard and add-on graphics you should disable the onboard graphics. If you subsequently want to remove the add-on card you need to enable the onboard graphics first, otherwise you will need to perform a cmos reset to get the graphics working.
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I googled the model number you gave and got this:
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/artic...,112782,00.asp
Its a review by PC World magazine that states your PC comes with an AGP card not onboard video. Either the model number you gave is not complete or you do not have onboard video in the first place. As a matter of fact in your specs you list a geforce 6800 card, whats the Ah? Deal.
Last edited by Appzalien; 02-27-2006 at 06:03 PM.
He may be talking about another PC than the one in his signature.Originally Posted by Appzalien
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