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davismgt

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July 6th, 2007 13:00

Upgrade Dimension 2350 Video Problem

I am trying to add a Nvidia 6600 PCI card into my Dimension 2350. I can't seem to find a way to disable the onboard video in the BIOS or set the default to PCI Video. Under the video selection in the BIOS all I can do is set to the primary video to auto or onboard. I was told by tech support that there should be a disable setting for the onboard video. But, I can't see it.
 
I am using the A02 BIOS on the system.
 
The question is. Does the auto setting automatically detect a PCI Video card and disable the onboard video? Or is there a setting somewhere I just don't see.
 
 

GuitarCanuck

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July 6th, 2007 18:00

Here are the instructions below for disabling the integrated video (in the Device Manager), and to enable the PCI card (in the BIOS - you set the video setting to "Auto" to detect the new card).
 
By the way, there is no such thing as an nvidia 6600 card with the "PCI" interface - I assume that is a typo, and you really have another PCI card, such as a 6200 or something?   (You do know that the Dimension 2350 only takes PCI cards, and not PCI-E (PCI-Express) cards)
 

* 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

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