Help please. Video graphics for Dimension 3100/E310.

The PCI slot will be OK, or even the 1x pci-express slot that you have can accept a 1x pci-express slot video card if you wish to locate one, but since that slot is smaller, do not use the PCI slot card in that smaller slot.  Download a more current driver for the new video card is you wish to more current than the driver that will come with the video card package.

 

How to disable your integrated video chip as posted by the Moderator

2200, 2300, 2350, 2400, 3000, 3100, E310, B110/1100

* 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- Turn Off Computer- Restart
* Press F2 at the blue Dell logo screen
* Down arrow to either:
Onboard Devices- Primary Video
Primary Video
Integrated Devices- Primary Video Controller
* Change yours to AUTO or PCI (whatever is listed)
* Press ESC several times to Exit and Save your changes
* As the system starts to restart, power the system off
* 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

Hi, Thanks SR45 for your quick response. of the two cards I mentioned which one in your opinion -would best suit my system or is there a better card, Once again thanks for you help, Regards  DJG

FX 5500 card is most suitable for your needs, its less expensive than the others, that would not give you much more, and are more expensive.  The X1550 is just a souped up X1300 card, and too expensive in many of our opinions for what you get in performance.  Sorry to say, the system you have is just a nice basic computer, not meant for good gaming. 

 

Good luck

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Folks,

After seeing the comments on this forum about the Nvidia GeForce 5500 PCI video card I have purchased one. I CANNOT get the thing to work despite following the instructions posted above to the letter. The BIOS is already defaulted to AUTO when I go and check it by pressing F2. Incidentally I have the Dimension 3000 computer.

Please could you run through an idiot's guide to get this working please. (step by step) The closest I have been is getting the video card recognised by the device manager, however when I disable the Intel onboard graphics I get no display from the new card. I don't suspect the card to be faulty, I purchased it brand new and have taken all the appropriate cautions with it regarding handling.

I did get a message at one stage stating that my system had recovered from a serious error and it did keep trying to shut down and restart by itself. I believe this to be some conflict with the graphics controllers.

I am prepared to go back to 'square one' and start again with this as I have already spent 6 hours trying to get the card to work in my Dell to no avail......PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME!!!

 

                               Steve U.K (Very frustrated)    

 

Hi  I am wondering if this will also work on my dimension 2400 running vista home basic and installing Radeion X1300 card with the downloaded updated software so far i am not able to install yhe software to the card and support never suggested this fix

Hi SR45, Thanks once again for your help,I tried every where in Astralia to get the FX 5500 PCI card or the Radeon X1300 512 MB  PCIe x1 after reading all the reviews on Newegg.com but no luck at all,in fact, most dealers did`nt know they existed.So tried Newegg.com but they do not export overseas,so it looks like I will miss out on the X1300 PCIe x1 .I can get the FX 5200 265mb PCI card,so I will most likely buy it, as it, also had very good reviews on the newegg site.So cheers from down under ,keep up the good work,thanks again ,  Regards  DJG 

How do I revert back to the default graphics card if the new card I try to install doesn't work?

 

Does the system do it automatically, or, is this an F2 setup change I need to make after I remove the card from the computer and restart?

 

My concern is how disabling the default card in Windows before we shut down and install the new card affects restoring that original hardware.

 

thanks

 

Alan

hi i need to upgrade my graphics card because i recently installed vista ultimate x86 and my graphics card doesnt support the aero features...what is the cheapest way to fix this problem?/which card should i get?

Hi,

 

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The customer service in Bangalore is pathetic. Request all you guys to switch to other brands.

 

Inspite of repeated complaints no action is taken against the customer care representatives.

 

Same rage will continue till any action is taken.

Sorry to jump in to this point as I am doing it for the first time.I purchased Dim E 520 .My configuration was to have a Graphic card 256 MB , NVIDIA GeForce 7300LE . But DELL supplied me with a Graphic card of 128 MB ,NVIDIA Ge Force 7300LE, arguing that rhe rest of the memory is Turbo Cashe.

Is it fare for them to do this? I will appreciate any impartial comment on this

jetlite1155

hi i have a demension 3000 dell i had bought it from the begining of 2005 i was thinking about getting a new graphics card i allready picked out the one i wanted but i dont kno where my graphic card is there is a 1 big card in the back of the tower but i dont kno if thats the memory stick there is also a slim stick chip part coming out of my motherboard HELP im confused

Wouldnt (or shouldn't) DELL be the appropriate party to answer this question authoritatitively

How can i connect my d820 to my hdtv to view downloaded movies? My tv has a s/video input.

How do I know what kind of video card slot I have?

Thanks