I am trying to install the Nvidia Geforce Ti 4400 graphics card. I am
currently using the motherboard onboard graphics. Am having a problem
getting this to work. Let me explain my actions:

Put card onto mother board and changed the display lead to the card.
Restarted the computer and it froze on the windows xp page.
Shutdown the computer.
Restarted using the safe mode option.
Got as far as select user page - selected myself and then froze.
Took out card restarted computer.
Downloaded file for Graphics Card and tried to install but install fail
because no hardware fitted.
Downloaded Bios file for card and tried to installed.
Refitted card and still froze computer as above.
Taken back out again.

I guess what I want to do is the start the computer with the card installed
but not overriding the onboard graphics until the computer is up and running
so I can install new hardware? How?

Thanks

Bob J

On 22/12/2005 "Bob J" <Bob J@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I am trying to install the Nvidia Geforce Ti 4400 graphics card. I am
>currently using the motherboard onboard graphics. Am having a problem
>getting this to work. Let me explain my actions:
>
>Put card onto mother board and changed the display lead to the card.
>Restarted the computer and it froze on the windows xp page.
>Shutdown the computer.
>Restarted using the safe mode option.
>Got as far as select user page - selected myself and then froze.
>Took out card restarted computer.
>Downloaded file for Graphics Card and tried to install but install fail
>because no hardware fitted.
>Downloaded Bios file for card and tried to installed.
>Refitted card and still froze computer as above.
>Taken back out again.
>
>I guess what I want to do is the start the computer with the card installed
>but not overriding the onboard graphics until the computer is up and running
>so I can install new hardware? How?
>
>Thanks
>
>Bob J

Remove the Geforce card.
Connect monitor to "old" VGA port
Boot the PC
Reboot and then access the BIOS set ups.
Look for section/settings to
1) Turn off on-board graphics.
2) Turn on corresponding AGP (or PCI) video card/slot.
Shutdown the PC.
Re-insert the Geforce card.
Boot thee PC.


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Y.

Thanks for the advice below re turning off the on-board graphics. However,
I have got into the BIOS but then I am lost when trying to find the on/off
for on-board graphics and then turning on the correct slot. Which heading
should I be looking under when in the BIOS? Thanks

"Yves Leclerc" wrote:

> On 22/12/2005 "Bob J" <Bob J@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >I am trying to install the Nvidia Geforce Ti 4400 graphics card. I am
> >currently using the motherboard onboard graphics. Am having a problem
> >getting this to work. Let me explain my actions:
> >
> >Put card onto mother board and changed the display lead to the card.
> >Restarted the computer and it froze on the windows xp page.
> >Shutdown the computer.
> >Restarted using the safe mode option.
> >Got as far as select user page - selected myself and then froze.
> >Took out card restarted computer.
> >Downloaded file for Graphics Card and tried to install but install fail
> >because no hardware fitted.
> >Downloaded Bios file for card and tried to installed.
> >Refitted card and still froze computer as above.
> >Taken back out again.
> >
> >I guess what I want to do is the start the computer with the card installed
> >but not overriding the onboard graphics until the computer is up and running
> >so I can install new hardware? How?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Bob J
>
> Remove the Geforce card.
> Connect monitor to "old" VGA port
> Boot the PC
> Reboot and then access the BIOS set ups.
> Look for section/settings to
> 1) Turn off on-board graphics.
> 2) Turn on corresponding AGP (or PCI) video card/slot.
> Shutdown the PC.
> Re-insert the Geforce card.
> Boot thee PC.
>
>
> --
> ---
>
> Y.
>
>

Highly unlikely that you can do this, the onboard video is likely AGP, assuming your new card is also AGP, you cannot have 2 AGP
cards installed and functional, when you install the add in AGP card, it will automatically disable the onboard AGP card.


"Bob J" <Bob J@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:508FCA73-F6EE-44B4-A8EC-D455DBC8C6E7@microsoft.com...

>
> I guess what I want to do is the start the computer with the card installed
> but not overriding the onboard graphics until the computer is up and running
> so I can install new hardware? How?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bob J

David B. wrote:

> Highly unlikely that you can do this, the onboard video is likely AGP,
> assuming your new card is also AGP, you cannot have 2 AGP cards
> installed and functional, when you install the add in AGP card, it
> will automatically disable the onboard AGP card.
>
Onboard is by its very nature never AGP. AGP is an actual slot on the
motherboard in which you plug a video card. Onboard video is built into
the motherboard itself and there is no separate slot for it.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Please respond to the existing thread rather than creating a new
thread. Now you have two threads discussing the same thing,
fragmenting the discussion.

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 09:05:02 -0800, "Bob J"
<BobJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Thanks for the advice below re turning off the on-board graphics. However,
>I have got into the BIOS but then I am lost when trying to find the on/off
>for on-board graphics and then turning on the correct slot. Which heading
>should I be looking under when in the BIOS? Thanks
>
>"Yves Leclerc" wrote:
>
>> On 22/12/2005 "Bob J" <Bob J@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> >I am trying to install the Nvidia Geforce Ti 4400 graphics card. I am
>> >currently using the motherboard onboard graphics. Am having a problem
>> >getting this to work. Let me explain my actions:
>> >
>> >Put card onto mother board and changed the display lead to the card.
>> >Restarted the computer and it froze on the windows xp page.
>> >Shutdown the computer.
>> >Restarted using the safe mode option.
>> >Got as far as select user page - selected myself and then froze.
>> >Took out card restarted computer.
>> >Downloaded file for Graphics Card and tried to install but install fail
>> >because no hardware fitted.
>> >Downloaded Bios file for card and tried to installed.
>> >Refitted card and still froze computer as above.
>> >Taken back out again.
>> >
>> >I guess what I want to do is the start the computer with the card installed
>> >but not overriding the onboard graphics until the computer is up and running
>> >so I can install new hardware? How?
>> >
>> >Thanks
>> >
>> >Bob J
>>
>> Remove the Geforce card.
>> Connect monitor to "old" VGA port
>> Boot the PC
>> Reboot and then access the BIOS set ups.
>> Look for section/settings to
>> 1) Turn off on-board graphics.
>> 2) Turn on corresponding AGP (or PCI) video card/slot.
>> Shutdown the PC.
>> Re-insert the Geforce card.
>> Boot thee PC.
>>
>>
>> --
>> ---
>>
>> Y.
>>
>>