[dba-Tech] Onboard graphics cards

Perry Harold pharold at proftesting.com
Tue Jul 6 16:10:10 CDT 2004


Don't know.  Tough to say with HP & Compaq.  They do some things sometimes
that others which are more mainstream don't.  I would think that the driver
allocates the memory.  When the driver is disabled then the memory would be
open to other uses.

Perry Harold

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 3:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Onboard graphics cards


I thought of that - would it stop the 8mb of RAM being used by the onboard
card or not? That's the real reason I'm replacing it - the "new" card has
64mb...


Jon
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From: "Perry Harold" <pharold at proftesting.com>
To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'"
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Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 8:07 PM
Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Onboard graphics cards


In Device Manager you should be able to disable the internal display
adapter.  Install the new(old) one and it should be detected and a driver
installed (assuming it's compatible with either) if it's recognized by XP or
2000 whichever OS you have.  You may need to download a current driver for
the card.

Perry Harold

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 2:56 PM
To: dba-tech
Subject: [dba-Tech] Onboard graphics cards


Hi all

I took delivery of my new work pc today, a shiny new HP (bah!) with a P4 2.8
and 512mb RAM. The only problem it has is that it's got an onboard graphics
card. I happen to have a spare one at home which I can take in and use
(being the IT department does have some advantages) but I've never done the
conversion from onboard to outboard graphics - how do I turn the onboard
card off? I'm aware that it's probably different for different
manufacturers, but I thought I'd ask, see if anyone had any thoughts...


Jon

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