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FAQ - DISABLE ONBOARD VIDEO
Dimension V, L, 2100, 2200, 2300, 2350, 2400, 3000 (PCI video cards) = These systems only have PCI slots. PCI, not PCIe. I would look for these PCI video cards in order of preference:
Geforce FX 5700
Geforce FX 5600
Geforce FX 5700LE
Geforce FX 5500
DISABLE THE ONBOARD VIDEO CARD IN THE DEVICE MANAGER -
* Right click the My Computer icon
* Click Properties
* Click the Hardware tab and/or the Device Manager button
* Open the Display Adaptors. You should see the Intel video card
* Double click the listing for Intel whatever
* At the bottom under "Device Usage", click the down arrow and change this to "Do not use this device, disable"
* Click OK- Apply- OK
* Close all boxes when done
* Click Start- Shutdown- Restart- OK or Click Start- Turn Off Computer- Restart
RESET THE BIOS TO DEFAULTS -
* At the blue Dell screen, press the F2 key
* The message, Entering Setup should appear
* When the System Setup screen appears, press the F9 key
* Press the Enter key to confirm that you would like to load the defaults
* Right arrow over to Advanced
* Down arrow to Peripheral Configuration [press Enter]
* Ensure that all USB listings are set to Enabled or On except for USB Emulation which should be set for No Boot
* Press the F10 key to Save your changes
* Right arrow to Exit
* Down arrow to Exit Saving Changes and [press Enter] and reboot the system
* Once the blue Dell screen appears, power the system OFF
-or-
* At the blue Dell screen, press the F2 key
* The message, Entering Setup should appear
* Press the [Caps Lock], [Scroll Lock] and the [Num Lock] keys to light up all three lights on the keyboard
* Press the [Alt] and keys at the same time. The system will emit a beep tone to indicate that nvram has been cleared
* Down arrow to Integrated Devices [press Enter]
* Set everything to On except for USB Emulation which should be set for No Boot
* Press the [Esc] key, and then [press Enter] to save the changes and reboot the system
* Once the blue Dell screen appears, power the system OFF
INSTALL THE PCI VIDEO CARD -
* Open the case cover and add the PCI video card
* Connect the monitor to the added PCI video card
* Power on your computer
* Let the computer boot up and load the drivers off of the CD provided with the card
4500S -
* Open the case cover and add a new full size PCI video card to the riser card or a low profile PCI video card directly to the motherboard PCI slot
* Don't attach the monitor to the added video card. Leave it attached to the onboard video card
* Turn on (or restart) your computer
* When the blue Dell logo appears, press F2
* When the System Setup screen appears, press and hold the [Alt] key down and then press the key
* A beep sounds to indicate the defaults have been loaded
* Down arrow to Integrated Devices (Legacy Select) [press the ENTER key]
* Down arrow to Primary Video Controller
* Change it from Onboard to Auto
* Press escape to Save and Exit
* Right click the My Computer icon
* Click Properties
* Click the Hardware tab and/or the Device Manager button
* Open the Display Adaptors. You should see both the the Intel and the added PCI video card. The added PCI video card might have an exclamation mark on it
* Double click the listing for Intel whatever
* At the bottom under "Device Usage", click the down arrow and change this to "Do not use this device, DISABLE"
* Click OK- Apply- OK
* Close all boxes when done
* Click Start- Shutdown- Shutdown- Ok or Click Start- Turn Off Computer- Turn Off
* Connect the monitor to the added PCI video card
* Power on the system
* Load the drivers for the new video card
4600 -
* Open the case cover and add either a PCI or AGP video card
* Connect the monitor to the added video card
* Turn on (or restart) your computer
* When the blue Dell logo appears, press F2
* Down arrow to Integrated Devices (Legacy Select) [press the ENTER key]
* Down arrow to Primary Video Controller
* Set it to Auto for a PCI video card
* Set to AGP for an AGP video card
* Press escape to Save and Exit
* Load the drivers for the newly found video card
4700 -
* Open the case cover and add the PCIe video card to the PCIe slot
* Attach the monitor to the added PCIe video card
* Power the system on
* When the blue Dell logo appears, press F2
* Down arrow to Video [press the ENTER key]
* Change to Auto
* Press Escape to save the changes and Exit
* Load the drivers for the newly found PCIe video card
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* Power the system off
* Open the case cover and remove the added PCIe video card (X700)
* Reconnect the monitor to the onboard video card
* Leave the case open. Power the monitor and then the computer on
* When/If the blue Dell logo appears, press F2
* Down arrow to Video [press the ENTER key]
* Change it to Auto
* Press Escape to save the changes and Exit
* Power the system off
* Add the PCIe video card to the PCIe slot
* Leave the monitor attached to the onboard video card
* Power the computer on
* Windows should detect new hardware found. Load the drivers for the X700
* Click Start- Turn Off Computer- Turn Off
* Attach the monitor to the added PCIe video card
* Power the system on
8400 -
* Open the case cover and add the PCIe video card to the PCIe slot
* Attach the monitor to the added PCIe video card
* Power the system on
* When the blue Dell logo appears, press F2
* Down arrow to Video [press the ENTER key]
* Change to PEG for a PCIe video card
* Change it PCI for a PCI video card
* Press Escape to save the changes and Exit
* Load the drivers for the newly found video card
G1, GXa, GX1 -
There isn't an option to enable/disable the onboard video on these systems. Simply adding a PCI card should automatically disable the onboard video card. If it doesn't, use the instructions below to DISABLE the onboard video card in the device manager
* Before you put the PCI video card in, set the display adapter to "standard VGA" mode; also put the settings on the monitor into standard VGA
* Right-click anywhere on the desktop
* Select Properties from the drop-down menu
* Select Settings- Advanced- Adapter- Change
* Here you'll be presented with a couple of options. Choose to display a list of drivers
* In the left pane, scroll all the way to the top and choose (Standard Display Types)
* In the right pane, choose Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA)
* Follow any prompts, when finished, click Start- Shutdown- Shutdown- Ok or Click Start- Turn Off Computer- Turn Off
* Install the PCI card in and plug the monitor into it
* When the PCI video is installed, it disables the onboard video in the GX1 automatically. Power on the system. When you boot up, if you see the Dell logo, the PC recognizes the added video card
GX100, GX110, GX150, GX200 -
* Power on the system
* Press F2 or Ctrl-Alt-Enter at the blue Dell screen to enter setup
* Look for Integrated Devices- Primary Video Controller
- AUTO will look for an added card
- ONBOARD uses the Intel
* Set yours to AUTO, hit esc to exit and save the changes
* Exit the bios
* Power the system off
* Open the case cover and add the new video card
* Attach the monitor to the added video card
* Click System - Hardware- Device Manager
* Delete any Intel display adapter and any other display adapters
* Close all boxes and restart the system. The new video card will be found, load the drivers
GX260, GX270, GX280 -
Just adding an AGP video card will automatically disable the onboard video card
Geforce FX 5700
Geforce FX 5600
Geforce FX 5700LE
Geforce FX 5500
DISABLE THE ONBOARD VIDEO CARD IN THE DEVICE MANAGER -
* Right click the My Computer icon
* Click Properties
* Click the Hardware tab and/or the Device Manager button
* Open the Display Adaptors. You should see the Intel video card
* Double click the listing for Intel whatever
* At the bottom under "Device Usage", click the down arrow and change this to "Do not use this device, disable"
* Click OK- Apply- OK
* Close all boxes when done
* Click Start- Shutdown- Restart- OK or Click Start- Turn Off Computer- Restart
RESET THE BIOS TO DEFAULTS -
* At the blue Dell screen, press the F2 key
* The message, Entering Setup should appear
* When the System Setup screen appears, press the F9 key
* Press the Enter key to confirm that you would like to load the defaults
* Right arrow over to Advanced
* Down arrow to Peripheral Configuration [press Enter]
* Ensure that all USB listings are set to Enabled or On except for USB Emulation which should be set for No Boot
* Press the F10 key to Save your changes
* Right arrow to Exit
* Down arrow to Exit Saving Changes and [press Enter] and reboot the system
* Once the blue Dell screen appears, power the system OFF
-or-
* At the blue Dell screen, press the F2 key
* The message, Entering Setup should appear
* Press the [Caps Lock], [Scroll Lock] and the [Num Lock] keys to light up all three lights on the keyboard
* Press the [Alt] and keys at the same time. The system will emit a beep tone to indicate that nvram has been cleared
* Down arrow to Integrated Devices [press Enter]
* Set everything to On except for USB Emulation which should be set for No Boot
* Press the [Esc] key, and then [press Enter] to save the changes and reboot the system
* Once the blue Dell screen appears, power the system OFF
INSTALL THE PCI VIDEO CARD -
* Open the case cover and add the PCI video card
* Connect the monitor to the added PCI video card
* Power on your computer
* Let the computer boot up and load the drivers off of the CD provided with the card
4500S -
* Open the case cover and add a new full size PCI video card to the riser card or a low profile PCI video card directly to the motherboard PCI slot
* Don't attach the monitor to the added video card. Leave it attached to the onboard video card
* Turn on (or restart) your computer
* When the blue Dell logo appears, press F2
* When the System Setup screen appears, press and hold the [Alt] key down and then press the key
* A beep sounds to indicate the defaults have been loaded
* Down arrow to Integrated Devices (Legacy Select) [press the ENTER key]
* Down arrow to Primary Video Controller
* Change it from Onboard to Auto
* Press escape to Save and Exit
* Right click the My Computer icon
* Click Properties
* Click the Hardware tab and/or the Device Manager button
* Open the Display Adaptors. You should see both the the Intel and the added PCI video card. The added PCI video card might have an exclamation mark on it
* Double click the listing for Intel whatever
* At the bottom under "Device Usage", click the down arrow and change this to "Do not use this device, DISABLE"
* Click OK- Apply- OK
* Close all boxes when done
* Click Start- Shutdown- Shutdown- Ok or Click Start- Turn Off Computer- Turn Off
* Connect the monitor to the added PCI video card
* Power on the system
* Load the drivers for the new video card
4600 -
* Open the case cover and add either a PCI or AGP video card
* Connect the monitor to the added video card
* Turn on (or restart) your computer
* When the blue Dell logo appears, press F2
* Down arrow to Integrated Devices (Legacy Select) [press the ENTER key]
* Down arrow to Primary Video Controller
* Set it to Auto for a PCI video card
* Set to AGP for an AGP video card
* Press escape to Save and Exit
* Load the drivers for the newly found video card
4700 -
* Open the case cover and add the PCIe video card to the PCIe slot
* Attach the monitor to the added PCIe video card
* Power the system on
* When the blue Dell logo appears, press F2
* Down arrow to Video [press the ENTER key]
* Change to Auto
* Press Escape to save the changes and Exit
* Load the drivers for the newly found PCIe video card
------
* Power the system off
* Open the case cover and remove the added PCIe video card (X700)
* Reconnect the monitor to the onboard video card
* Leave the case open. Power the monitor and then the computer on
* When/If the blue Dell logo appears, press F2
* Down arrow to Video [press the ENTER key]
* Change it to Auto
* Press Escape to save the changes and Exit
* Power the system off
* Add the PCIe video card to the PCIe slot
* Leave the monitor attached to the onboard video card
* Power the computer on
* Windows should detect new hardware found. Load the drivers for the X700
* Click Start- Turn Off Computer- Turn Off
* Attach the monitor to the added PCIe video card
* Power the system on
8400 -
* Open the case cover and add the PCIe video card to the PCIe slot
* Attach the monitor to the added PCIe video card
* Power the system on
* When the blue Dell logo appears, press F2
* Down arrow to Video [press the ENTER key]
* Change to PEG for a PCIe video card
* Change it PCI for a PCI video card
* Press Escape to save the changes and Exit
* Load the drivers for the newly found video card
G1, GXa, GX1 -
There isn't an option to enable/disable the onboard video on these systems. Simply adding a PCI card should automatically disable the onboard video card. If it doesn't, use the instructions below to DISABLE the onboard video card in the device manager
* Before you put the PCI video card in, set the display adapter to "standard VGA" mode; also put the settings on the monitor into standard VGA
* Right-click anywhere on the desktop
* Select Properties from the drop-down menu
* Select Settings- Advanced- Adapter- Change
* Here you'll be presented with a couple of options. Choose to display a list of drivers
* In the left pane, scroll all the way to the top and choose (Standard Display Types)
* In the right pane, choose Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA)
* Follow any prompts, when finished, click Start- Shutdown- Shutdown- Ok or Click Start- Turn Off Computer- Turn Off
* Install the PCI card in and plug the monitor into it
* When the PCI video is installed, it disables the onboard video in the GX1 automatically. Power on the system. When you boot up, if you see the Dell logo, the PC recognizes the added video card
GX100, GX110, GX150, GX200 -
* Power on the system
* Press F2 or Ctrl-Alt-Enter at the blue Dell screen to enter setup
* Look for Integrated Devices- Primary Video Controller
- AUTO will look for an added card
- ONBOARD uses the Intel
* Set yours to AUTO, hit esc to exit and save the changes
* Exit the bios
* Power the system off
* Open the case cover and add the new video card
* Attach the monitor to the added video card
* Click System - Hardware- Device Manager
* Delete any Intel display adapter and any other display adapters
* Close all boxes and restart the system. The new video card will be found, load the drivers
GX260, GX270, GX280 -
Just adding an AGP video card will automatically disable the onboard video card
Message Edited by DELL-ChrisM on 03-29-2005 07:47 PM
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Davet50
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February 19th, 2012 06:00
Did you install the video drivers for the new video card? You need to Go HERE and get the video driver package for you system. You dont mention what version of windows you are running so you will need to select that as the last option.
tmonkey
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February 20th, 2012 14:00
I have this exact problem with a Inspiron 570 - no video from either the onboard video, or when I try a replacement video card - cannot even see the BIOS screen, but it sounds like it is working. I even hear the beep when I think it's warning me that Windows wasn't shut down correctly. Here's where mine gets weird. I ran out of time at a customer's site and took it home. After bouncing around in the back of the car for 100 miles it booted right up. I was in running some Windows updates, when it froze and now I'm back to no video. I've tried resetting all cables and memory, but no luck so far.
tmonkey
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February 20th, 2012 14:00
update - I just removed 2 sticks of RAM and it booted. Fingers crossed...
BilalIqbal
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February 21st, 2012 08:00
Jones 610
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August 22nd, 2014 11:00
Chris,
Does this "Just adding an AGP video card will automatically disable the onboard video card" also apply to (aftermarket) PCI cards as well?
Re: Dated GX270, which came with both AGP and PCI slots in addition to onboard graphics engine. To bring up Win7 Aero Experience, I have upgraded to Nvidia GeForce 610, which the very latest of the now dated PCI technology.
Getting conflicting information on whether I have successfully disabled onboard graphics when showing screen shots to Nvidia of Device Manager, which I felt shows disabled, but they're uncertain. Both cards shown, but onboard Intel disabled in favor of Nvidia.
Now, BIOS does not offer "disable" option as many reference. Instead, choice is either Onboard or Auto. I have set to Auto.
Is this sufficient, or is there something further I should be doing? My PC had been crashing (restarting with errors relating to graphics, which Nvidia feels could be a card conflict). I have latest driver. My machine isn't capable of using the full features of this card anyway (processor too old).
Curiously, I note that the Win7 Aero Experience, while rising from a score of 1 to 3.7, has shown zero visual enhancement whatsoever. Looks and acts the same. Had I known that, I would have lived with the lower Aero score from onboard graphics which worked fine. I could revert back, but then the funds spent on latest PCI technology card is lost.
Of course, Nvidia swears visual enhancement should be readily apparent from such a dramatic upgrade of graphics technology. (GeForce 610 is pinnacle of PCI era.) My GX270 also has the latest specs possible on this dated (Form Factor) unit. At end of assembly run.
Anyway, any insight is appreciated and grateful for.
Thank you in advance.
Jones 610
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August 22nd, 2014 11:00
My exact specs (if it matters) are:
Win7 Pro 32-bit. 3.2 GHz. 4.0 Ram. (All max to system capacity.) Monitor is VGA.