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toosurreal
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October 20th, 2004 23:00
Video Card Upgrade Help PLEASE READ!!
Hey guys I have a new Dimension 3000 desktop 2.8ghz, 256mb DDR Ram (will upgrade soon) etc.. etc..
anyways one of the first things I want to do is upgrade the video card to play games. I bought a 128mb DDR GeForce FX 5200+ PCI and followed all of the instructions about disabling the on-board video but after I disable the intel display adapter, shut down and connect the monitor to the new vid card I boot up and it shows the dell screen then the black windows xp window, and then the monitor just turns off but the computer still loads...
It turns off right before you would normally see the blue welcome screen for windows xp...
Any ideas?? Thanks guys in advance!
anyways one of the first things I want to do is upgrade the video card to play games. I bought a 128mb DDR GeForce FX 5200+ PCI and followed all of the instructions about disabling the on-board video but after I disable the intel display adapter, shut down and connect the monitor to the new vid card I boot up and it shows the dell screen then the black windows xp window, and then the monitor just turns off but the computer still loads...
It turns off right before you would normally see the blue welcome screen for windows xp...
Any ideas?? Thanks guys in advance!
toosurreal
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Posted October 21st, 2004 11:00
No, the monitor just turns off and doesn't do anything else...pvsurfer03
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Posted October 21st, 2004 12:00
Hmmm, that's weird. Sorry I can't help you there, maybe someone else can.Hi!
I have the exact same video card in my Dimension 2400. I am not sure if the following steps will work for your Dimension 3000, but at least I share it with you anyway.
The only thing that I added before I followed the installation steps (can be found at http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_video&message.id=93965) was to flash my BIOS.
However, after I loaded the newest driver for the card, turned off the CPU, and connected the monitor cable to the new card, I could not get into BIOS to disable the integrated video card since it was not displayed. The way I disabled it was through the Device Manager.
So, by looking at your problem, the only suggestion that I can make right now is to flash your BIOS before installing the new card. Hope this will help.
toosurreal
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Posted October 22nd, 2004 11:00
what do you mean flash the bios?- Here's the information about BIOS Flash:
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kb/en/document?dn=1033387&c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19
Please let me know the outcome.
P.S.
Sorry that the link does not work. Just copy and paste it to your browser.Message Edited by diablo916 on 10-22-2004 02:43 PM
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Posted October 21st, 2004 01:00