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| Thread ID: 39205 | 2003-10-30 03:43:00 | AGP slot question | smashedlittlebugger (4397) | Press F1 |
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| 187826 | 2003-10-30 03:43:00 | On modern motherboards, can you run a graphics card from the PCI slot and not have a card in the AGP? That is and still have the computer working. Cheers John |
smashedlittlebugger (4397) | ||
| 187827 | 2003-10-30 03:48:00 | Yes, you have to change a setting in the BIOS usually. If you want to work off a PCI video card, then put one in, but leave the AGP one in for now. Boot the computer, and enter the BIOS (you might have to change the monitor input cable to the other video card if you just get a blank screen). Somewhere in the BIOS, usually in the 'advanced' section, there should be a setting along the lines of 'Primary VGA BIOS'. You should be able to set this between onboard, PCI, AGP, etc, depending on what you have installed. |
agent (30) | ||
| 187828 | 2003-10-30 04:28:00 | For a single card the primary setting has no effect. It is only of use when there is more than one card in the system. | bmason (508) | ||
| 187829 | 2003-10-30 04:51:00 | I would hope that the BIOS would have a look to see what video hardware is actually there so it could be set up from a cold start. ;-) I am allowed to dream, aren't I? |
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