A graphics card problem

[Dalo Harkin]

Matty,

 

If you reset the BIOS the automatic setting is to turn the onboard VGA on - there will be an option on the BIOS that says 'integrated' something - cant remember off hand but the VGA option will be in their - DISABLE it and save the BIOS

[Matty128]

I heard that VGA mode SHOULD turn itself off after a graphics card is inserted, so, I'm going to try putting mine out and back in. I'll also have another look for the VGA thing in the BIOS.

[Dalo Harkin]

I have never seen a MOBO that turns the VGA off if you insert a GPU. they are also all meant to adjust memory timings - but you still have to set them manually 99% of the time to get them to run at the right speed

[Matty128]

Is there no sort of software to remove or disable the VGA? There is deffinately nothing about VGA in the BIOS. No 'On-board Graphics' or 'Intergrated Graphics'. Nothing. I checked every single category and sub - category in the BIOS.

[maynardvdm]

Hi

 

What BIOS is it(Award,Phoenix,...)?

 

What Motherboard do you have?

[Dalo Harkin]

When I go into BIOS/ Advanced/ superIO (the likely folder) This is what comes up:

 

On- Chip Primary PCI IDE [enabled]

On- Chip SATA Mode [Auto]

On- Board HD audio [Auto]

On- Board H/W 1394 [Enabled]

On- Board H/W LAN [Enabled]

On- Board LAN Boot ROM [Enabled]

On- Board Serial Port 1 (long number)

On- Board Serial Port 2 (long number)

UART Mode [Enabled]

On- Board Parallel Port (long number)

 

Which of these do I disable? (if any)

 

They are all fine - check every line of the BIOS - it must be there - can you take a photo of the front page of the BIOS that has all the main options on it and not the subcategories

[Matty128]

Apoligies for taking such a long time to reply.

 

Heres a photo of the main page of my BIOS:

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/3084/ss100433uw4.th.jpg

Click to see the full sized image

[Matty128]

VGA Problem

 

I apologise for my lack of specification in previous threads but, to be honest, I wasnt too sure about what the problem was.

 

Basiclly, I need to disable 'VGA Mode'.

I've been told to disable it in the BIOS, but there is nothing about it in the BIOS.

 

My PC specs are:

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/6745/specs1bg3.th.png

 

Thanks for reading through.

[maynardvdm]

Hi

 

I have merged your 2 threads together, becuase it is the same problem.