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@tankg wrote:
Hi there,

Is there any way i can disable the embedded vga pci adapter on my PE, because i'm afraid that it is the reason my "new" ATI rage II+ PCI card won't work (error code 10 in windows 2003)
I have tried and checked with the RCU, but this adapter is the only i can't disable (the only option is enabled...)
Thank's in advance, Olivier.

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Any Parallel port setting other than 378 IRQ7 or DISABLED will make the video not work.

If you disable the onboard parallel port it will probably fix it instantly.

Hi Speedstep,

Say, i ,didn't check your solution, yet, but in case it doesn't work, how am i gonna re-enable the embedded video (it's not powerfull enough to play GTA, but at least it works...)
G. Bless you, i go shopping, and when back home i will try your solution.
Thank's anyway, Olivier.

Hi again,
I just tried to setup my PE the way you told me, but my bios seems foolproof, because it won't let me disable the vga embedded adapter (even by changing the parallel port, or disabling it, wether from the bios, or from the rcu...)
any other suggestion ?
(btw i will check on another system wether my pci vga adapter really works...)
G.B.Y
Olivier.

The 6300 has onboard ATI Video with 2megs ram.

You must use an NVIDIA based TNT card if you want to ADD IN a card.

Stay away from the MX4000s they are absolutely Junk.

Geforce 4 460,440,420MX work fine. Geforce 2 have power issues dont try them.
TNT M64 works fine also.

There is NO WAY TO DISABLE the onboard video. But if you add in a card that doesnt matter.
It just CANNOT BE an ATI card.

Hi speed step,

Sorry for the time i took to answer, i was too busy playing GTA on my PE6300 with its new guess what ? ATI radeon 9250 VGA .. oops, sorry i didn't know by the time i bought it, so i have to cope with the fact that i don't have no video during the whole boot step (i have only one display to connect so it goes on the "real" vga adapter...), apart from that, it work great (i could have 3 monitors connected (2 on the card + 1 on the embedded.)
btw what takes me much time too is trying to shut these fans up, would you have, by any chance, some info on the requirement of the system, about temperature, it is hard to know how much cfm the fans blow, especially when the MB doesn't cooperate with speedfan (do you know this wonderful tool ?)
Thank's anyway for your time and your help, hoping to read you soon, best regards.
Olivier.

Interesting that you got a 9250 PCI working. My results were less than favorable with the 9100, 9200 pci cards.

Some say tying the white and black wires together allow you to remove the Dell fan and put in a 3rd party fan.

However for adequate cooling I dont see a way around the VACCUUM CLEANER NOIZE from the 2300 series.

Its louder than my 1930 hoover vacuum.

http://docs.us.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/scham/

 

Thank's for being so supportive, my wife will love you optimistic POV, anyway, i just bought for ~70€ a device called T-Balancer from mCubed (i think tey are german), i don't know what the results are going to be, anyway, better than with Speedfan (the PE6300 MB doesn't seem to be able to change the fan speed, even with this soft that is said to be top notch by all the overclockers i've red from.
so stay tuned for the next episode, with maybe results from my new toy.
btw you don't know the right temperature for the inside of the pe6300, cos' this could help me (i want the server to be quieter, not dead....)
G. Bless you.
Olivier

Hi Speedstep,
Guess what, i've been up till now, to install my new device, and believe me it was kinda tricky (for example i had to remove all the fans, specially the ones on thez disk side....)
and all that for nothin', the connector are different between the ones i got and the ones of the fans (the ones of the pe are thiner, while the new ones are thicker.)
and even if i "make them fit",thing happens, whichever the way i plug them, so i'm waiting for the hot line tomorrow....
cheers, i go to bed.
Olivier

Ok this is good, what about the nvidia gforce FX5500 PCI? Will that work?

Ive used FX5200 and FX5500 PCI cards and they work just fine.
Some of the 6200 PCI cards proabaly work also.

There is very litte if any difference between 5200 5500 6200 as far as performance goes
but some say the 6200 has a black block artifacts problem.

I chose 5200 or 5500 because they were $38-$50 vs well over $123 for the 6200s retail.