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daywane:

--- Quote from: Panzer on February 17, 2007, 08:33:52 pm ---I'll be honest, I am not sure how or why I would do that? I cant have both cards running at the same time?

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I have had 2 cards at the same time, Once
My mother board would not see the PCI slot one . I do not know why.
I put the agp one in and it saw it. ( no on board video)
I then installed the PCI and loaded the driver
It saw the agp and pci. I then took out the agp.
I needed the agp card for another PC becouse it has 2 VGA out puts and a svid out.

do you have another PC to try the cards in?
have you tried moving to another PCI slot?

to get to the bios.
Most my PC are hit F8 at boot up
or some say hit delete to enter setup
find your on board video and turn it off.
F10 = save and exit

if all is good on the card you should be fine.

XP really sould not be giving you problems on your card.
I am starting to think there is something wrong with the card.

XP Pro service pack 1 is not a hard disk to track down.
Panzer:
if i disable the on board video and the card is no good then wont i be screwed?
daywane:
not sure.
you just might be untill a working card was in.
Panzer:
OK, I made some progres.

I went into the Bios and set the video to boot from the PCI. Now I can see everything on my desktop except the explorer bar at the bottom.

Also I am starting to think perhaps this card was a bad idea anyway. For what ever reason Mame plays slower than hell and has a terrible aspect ratio. Tried adjusting the settings on the card and Mame but neither seems to have an effect. Pac man is not playable. Once again this is a 2.88 ghz comp with 700+ ram.

On an earlier thread I asked if a cheap card made that big of a difference than a more expensive card and I got a more than likely no difference. Am i missing some adjustment here or do I need to get a better video card?

polaris:
thanks panzer for that link to thread regarding the lead.
this is the type of thing i was looking at:-
http://www.shopmagenta.com/product/MAU1020573.aspx
i talked to the av guys in work with who said a video card is the best option , but as i wanted an external option as i dont have the pc for my cab yet but want to test the tv with my current pc , to get a scan converter, like in the link.
hope its of use to you
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