Pavilion 7050 video

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Has anyone beem able to install a separate video card on this machine? Mine
has an Intel Advance/MN motherboard with onboard video. I am currently using
an AMD K-6 CPU from Evergreen (runs at a blazing 400 mhz), 128 meg of RAM, a
20 gig Maxtor hard drive, Windows XP Pro and a Mr. BIOS bios. The video card
I am trying to install is a Radeon 7000. No matter what I try the onboard
video card gets reinstalled. Neither the original bios nor the Mr Bios show
an option to disable the existing card.

Has anyone found a way to disable the onboard card? Conversely is there any
other way to boost the current video capability? The machine is for
grandchildren to use for simple games. I am about to cut my losses and buy a
new machine for them to use. The upgrade project has now become a challenge.

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Thanks. This is the first useful information I have found. A tech rep for Mr
BIOS says the bios should permit installing a new card. Windows does indeed
detect the new card. After I uninstall the existing driver set, install the
new drivers and reboot, Windows reverts to the onboard video and gives me a
big yellow question mark over the new driver in device manager. I have not
been able to get a video signal from the new card.

However, I just checked the ATI website (duh) and see that they recognize
compatibility problems between the Radeon 7000 card I am working with and
certain HP and emachine computers. I will followup with ATI.

Thanks again for the information. I will mention the PCI spec. possibility
to ATI.

<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:41a2c72d.32005762@nntp.charter.net...
> You may be dealing with two different issues here.
>
> First, the Pavilion 7050 (Advanced/MN) is supposed to disable its on-board
> video
> when another video card is installed. No jumpers to set. No BIOS
> settings to
> tweak. But I do not know if MrBIOS does this, too.
>
> Second issue pertains to PCI specifications. The Advanced/MN supports the
> PCI
> 2.1 BIOS specification. Newer PCI cards are built to the PCI 2.2 spec,
> and many
> manufacturers do not bother to design or test for backward compatibility.
> Maybe
> ATI does. Maybe not.
>
> You CAN disable the on-board S3 Trio graphics in the Device Manager of the
> System icon of Control Panel.
>
> Does the ATI card get detected by Windows when installed in the system?
> What
> happens when you install the card and connect a monitor to it? If Windows
> at
> least detects the card, you should be able to install drivers and use it.
>
> ... Ben Myers
>
> On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:32:17 -0500, "Alex W" <august23@adelphia.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Has anyone beem able to install a separate video card on this machine?
>>Mine
>>has an Intel Advance/MN motherboard with onboard video. I am currently
>>using
>>an AMD K-6 CPU from Evergreen (runs at a blazing 400 mhz), 128 meg of RAM,
>>a
>>20 gig Maxtor hard drive, Windows XP Pro and a Mr. BIOS bios. The video
>>card
>>I am trying to install is a Radeon 7000. No matter what I try the onboard
>>video card gets reinstalled. Neither the original bios nor the Mr Bios
>>show
>>an option to disable the existing card.
>>
>>Has anyone found a way to disable the onboard card? Conversely is there
>>any
>>other way to boost the current video capability? The machine is for
>>grandchildren to use for simple games. I am about to cut my losses and buy
>>a
>>new machine for them to use. The upgrade project has now become a
>>challenge.
>>
>>
>