Replacing integrated Graphics Card

[natmansmi]

Hello,

I recently purchased an Asus A7V8X-MX Motherboard to upgrade one of my systems to Athlon XP. The motherboard has a graphics card as part of it. I, however, already own an Asus AGP Geforce Graphics card that is superior to the intergrated one. I had to boot the system without the AGP card to make the system boot up. I can't find a method of disabling the onboard graphics card and installing the AGP one. The motherboard manual doesn't even mention it and it must be able to be disabled otherwise it would be pointless having a AGP slot right?

Any help would be very much appreciated.

 

[satrow]

Some mainboards will disable onboard graphics when they detect that there is an add in card. Have you tried it yet?

Andy.

 

[csidano]

First make sure the agp slot is compatable with your card. if your card is not a compatable card ie. agp 4x o 8x or what have you. Second a common problem is that the card is completely seated in the slot otherwise some computers won't boot and others won't boot completely. When you put the card in, how many beeps do you hear when you turn on the computer. Also please reply with the bios brand and version, we can diagnose the problems by the sequence of beeps.

 

[VacuumTubeEra]

Take a look at Chapter 2.5.1 Chip Configuration. After installing the AGP card go to the BIOS:

Set the "VGA Share Memory Size" to "disable".
Set "AGP Aperture Size" to match the memory of your card.
Set "AGP Mode" to match your card's rating.
Go with the defaults for the remaining AGP settings.

Best Wishes

 

[natmansmi]

Problem solved.

Put the AGP card in and the first time the monitor was blank. Took out AGP card then updated my BIOS from the internet. Tried it again and it worked.

Despite what the manual says about disabling the share ram in the BIOS. The bios only gave me options of 16, 32 and 64MB.

Thanks for your help.

 

[paparazi]

Last point you wrote "Despite what the manual says about disabling the share ram in the BIOS. The bios only gave me options of 16, 32 and 64MB" with the new video card in place look at system properties, you should be able to read your full amound of system ram instead of the shared being taken off as it would have been with the onboard graphics.
Martin



Replying helps further our knowledge, without comment leaves us wondering.

 

[natmansmi]

I have checked and all the RAM is there. I was just pointing out that the manual was inaccurate as regards to my motherboard's BIOS.

 

[micker377]

updated my BIOS from the internet"

"manual was inaccurate as regards to my motherboard's BIOS"

Since you upgraded the BIOS, there will be differences.

 

[natmansmi]

The manual was inaccurate before and after updating.