In the bios under intergrated devices disable the intergrated video controller.

exit and save the changes and reboot.

If you dont have video you can set the bios back to the default settings (video enabled) by changing the jumper on the motherboard.

NVRAM_CLR

The configuration settings are cleared at the next system boot (pins 1-3)

I'm having this exact problem on a 1950 with a nvidia Quadro NVS 290.

I can't disable the video in the bios, and I get no output from the NVS or see them in display config. However - the card is reporting as working perfectly in device manager

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Matt,

Did you ever get this resolved? I am in the same situation right now. Please update this if you figured it out.

Thanks

Satish

thinking about doing the same, did it end up working?

THANK YOU!!

I was quite frustrated that my high-end server had such low-end graphics.When I spoke to Dell support, they said there were no supported video cards or upgrade options. I was stuck with the onboard 32 meg of ram. (I think my watch has more video ram.)

I was able to find a 1x PCIe video card with 512 meg. (Everything else available was 16x, but the motherboard only supports up to 8x.) Unfortunately, the video card will not physically FIT into the expansion slots because of the layout of the server. I had to buy a jumper that connects between the motherboard and the video card.

I had tried disabling the onboard video in the BIOS, but was unable to get the new board to work. Now I realize that I didn't shut down the computer at the reboot splash screen and restart again. That apparently was what it needed.

Now the video board is driving a 20" monitor at high resolution. Fantastic!

THANK YOU, Skylarking!!!

If anyone needs to know the video board I used or the source of the jumper, post your request  it here.

Glad you found my post useful Foveator.

I was also frustrated at such archaic graphics on my T610 server and expected better from Dell. I found the lack of assistance somewhat disappointing but i could understand Dells reluctance to support such a configuration. For me, the simple solution is for Dell to acknowledge that by adding PCIe graphics to your server, some iDRAC features are lost with the consequence that remote management isn't up to Dells designed levels along with other potentially undefined stability issues at play in such a non certified configuration. Dell could then explain there would be no Dell support while in this configuration (much like using non certified drives) and offer some constructive solutions like a specific PCIe graphics card that can be easily be modified to fit the x8 slot in the server (modification instructions would have saved me some research time). 

FYI, I used an XFX GeForce 7600 GS which i modified as shown below.

In case you can't read the text in the pic, it says i used a hacksaw to cut away pins 50, 51 & 52 so as to slip into an 8x PCIe slot while using tape to cover the rear part of the card (connector). This card works in both 8x PCIe (8 lane & 4 lane) slots of my PE T610.

In my case, as i modified the card, i didn't need any jumpers, extenders or 16x/8x PCIe wear adapters :emotion-5:

You really expect Dell to provide documentation on a hack job like this?  I'm glad it worked out for you, but to expect Dell to provide this type of documentation is ridiculous and unrealistic.  Why not expect graphics card makers to provide it - or provide a card that will work with every system, every time?  I've seen lots of stories about people cutting the slot to accomodate a longer card, but to cut the card?  System mods are 100% the user's responsibility to figure out and to implement.

The only reason all this is necessary to begin with is because dell explicitly does not allow you to disable onboard video. The only loser in that equation is the customer who bought the server.

Since the onboard for mine was a ATI card, I had zero success loading the nvidia drivers alongside it for my quadro (that fits without modification).

There is more to this than the card fitting

This graphics board I used was a Zotac GT218- ION graphics card (512MB DDR3 memory, PhysX by NVIDIA, Open GL 3.2, Dual-Link DVI, 64-bit ) PCIe x1. You don't have to hacksaw off anything because the PCIe x1 physically doesn't fit into the motherboard, it doesn't even reach the motherboard. You need a riser/jumper (PCIe x1) to jumper the 2 connectors. After installing, follow the instructions from skylarking.

I really like the enhanced graphics now.