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to: Tony Ingenoso
from: Adam Flinton
date: 2005-02-04 09:51:04
subject: Re: If one adds a graphics card how to override motherboard card?

From: Adam Flinton 

Tony Ingenoso wrote:

> Yea, it'll work.  It'll also double or triple your "fun" if
you ever try
> Linux on the machine. BTDT
>
> "Randall Parker"
>

> wrote in message news:420284b8$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>>I have a box that has graphics built into the motherboard. If I install a
>
> new card
>
>>and reboot will it come up using the new card?
>>
>>Will it come up in VGA with the new card?
>>
>>The OS is XP Home with the latest service pak.
>
>
>

Blimey I must just be so lucky.....

My shuttle came with on board vid out inc TV out but it wasn't very good
(on either score) compared to the Nvidia card I had. Popped the nvid into
the agp slot et voila. No manual intervention at the bios level &
mandrake popped me up a could of wizards & I d/led the nvidia driver
& I was in business.

Adam

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