* 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
so that pretty much means i can just go to circutcity tomorrow and buy a 5500 and it will work with my E310, someone said something about it needing a 3.3v PCi slot and my specs said its a 2.3, what in the world does he mean by that?
I got a pci card but you also got a pci express x1 ( not pci express x16 ok) got that. Has anyone got one of those on the E310/3100 ?
You got to get a card with two cuts in it that means it a universal card for the pci slot. like the pci modem if you take that out of the slot and you know what your doing. READ instructions first, press power button for 10 secs when PC is turned off, then put the card in, you got to disable integrated graphics first though.
If you look here at these pci cards you can see the two cuts in one of the photots, make sure you get a card that in a review they had it in the same pc then it would work. :)
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http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04&sku=A1133766 X1550 PCI slot card
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?ref=cj,cj&product_code=51446597&Pn=GeForce_FX_5500_Video_Card FX 5500 PCI slot card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814145087 FX 5200 256 mb PCI slot card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814145136 FX 5200 128 mb PCI slot version
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
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You got to get a card with two cuts in it that means it a universal card for the pci slot. like the pci modem if you take that out of the slot and you know what your doing. READ instructions first, press power button for 10 secs when PC is turned off, then put the card in, you got to disable integrated graphics first though.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_e/002-3559820-6024863?initialSearch=1&url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=fx5500+pci++
If you look here at these pci cards you can see the two cuts in one of the photots, make sure you get a card that in a review they had it in the same pc then it would work. :)
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electromagnetic
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July 26th, 2007 12:00
Read this :D
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?p=1008222
Message Edited by electromagnetic on 07-26-2007 02:21 PM
Message Edited by electromagnetic on 07-26-2007 02:23 PM