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16006 2001-07-23 10:00:00 I bought a 32 meg pci video card for my nephews aging computer so he could play a few games but I'm having problems disabling the on board video.I've disabled it in the device manager.I even reformated and didnt load the drivers for it.Still it crashes and burns when I go to anything over 256 colours.
I installed it in my own pc and had it up and running in ten minutes playing quake 3....sweet.My nephews computer is a hp pavillion 8120 .
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16007 2001-07-23 11:43:00 The problem with some of those older motherboards is you need to figure out how to disable the onboard video, you may be able to disable it in bios or you may even need to change a jumper on the motherboard but the only way to know for sure what will work is to check the PC's documentation. Guest (0)
16008 2001-07-23 21:51:00 hi Rob,

if it can't be disabled in the bios, then it's likely to be impossible to disable. (HP frequently remove the jumper pins off the otherwise generic motherboard)Therefore, install drivers for both cards, then go into the display properties and set the new card to be the primary display, and turn off extended desktop. I went through a similar issue with a similar HP, this proved to be the only way to create a stable machine.
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