Re: Adding Video card to Pavilion 325C

Note: In the 'Advanced' area of the BIOS there is also a 'Onboard Video Memory' which should be set
to 'disabled'.
As to the other question: after removing/disabling the onboard in Device Manager, set the video
driver to 'Standard VGA'. Then shutdown, and install the new card, etc. You should be ok after
that...luck...

"Darrell Dorsey" <> wrote in message news:...
> I'm running a Pavilion 325C with AMD 2400 XP and WinXP.
>
> I have a Crucial ATI 9100 128mb video card on the way. I want to get things
> lined up. After a lot of searching I have not found a definitive on how to
> disable the onboard video. HP's site says use the device manager and BIOS
> for this. But the only thing I see in the BIOS is where the AGP slot is
> made primary over the PCI slots. Maybe the onboard card is sort of PCI
> slot.
>
> So for, what I believe I should do is:
>
> 1. Uninstall the onboard video via the Device manager.
> 2. Install the new card
> 3. Go into the bios and set the AGP card as primary
> 4. Start-up the machine
> 5. Install the ATI 9100 drivers.
>
> Does this sound correct. I wonder if I should install the ATI 9100 drivers
> after step 1 (uninstall the onboard drivers).
>
> One other question, how do I maintain any video when I have uninstalled the
> onboard video and not installed the ATI drivers or the ATI card.
>
> Thanks for any advice you may have.
>
> Darrell
>
>