Installing Graphic Card

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Hi peeps,

i got a question regarding installing a new graphiccard.

Atm I have an onboard graphic card by intel but I am buying a new graphiccard soon which I want to install (pci-e).

Is there anything I should do before I actually plug in the card into the slot? maybe deactivate the onboard graphic?

Thanks in advance

K
 
I was in the same situation a few years back of installing a new graphics card into a computer with onboard graphics. I don't think i actually bothered deactivating the onboard graphics before installing the new one and never suffered any problems because of this.

However it would probably make sense for you to deactivate it at some point. You may wish to install the new graphics card first and then deactivate the onboard chip. You can deactivate it from your BIOS. Accessing your BIOS varies from computer to computer but usually involves pressing the DEL key just after your computer has turned on. Your computer will instruct you when you turn it on on what you need to do to access the BIOS (or Setup).

Be very careful changing settings in the BIOS, you could do something nasty. Make sure you only change the graphics settings and if you think you've made a mistake somewhere exit without saving.
 
In BIOS, under Video/Display.

You might have to set it to use the PCI E instead on onboard. I did in my new mobo but on the old mobo with just PCI it detected automatically. Just look around, look up your mobo's BIOS. You can get your BIOS version and whatnot with CPU Z.
 
*Turn off computer.
*Put on anti-static wrist strap (come on...I know you all have one) and ground it to the chassis.
*Insert new graphic card into the PCI-E slot. (you have checked that you have a PCI-E graphics slot right?)
*Disconnect wrist strap.
*Reassemble case.
*Attach monitor to the new graphics card and boot up computer.

At this point you should see your standard bios startup. If you do, then all is well. You can leave your onboard VGA enabled to allow for double or even triple display options. If you, however, are not going to us the onboard display in your configuration, I would disable it in your bios. Refer to your owners manual on how to do this for your specific mother board.

:cheers:
 
Pako, I'm glad you're kidding.


Without drivers, the CPU does all the work and pushes it through the pipes basically.


Drivers allow use of the graphics card's hardware. :D
 

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