Need help disabling on-board video on my emachines t6212

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Ok, being a newbie at the hardware upgrade, i already put in an ati
x700 pro graphics card. Unfortunately, i didn’t disable the on-board
video first. While the x700 seems to work fine, my system information
says that i only have around 271MB of my total 512 (and it floats from
181 all the way up to 271). I need to know how to maximize my ram. I
have no idea how to disable the on-board video in the bios, which is
what i guess i’m supposed to do. I’ve been to the bios and it doesn’t
say anything specific about the on-board video. It just has bios
acronyms that i don’t undestand. So, do i need to uninstall the
graphics drivers for the x700, go to bios and disable the on-board
video (which i need help doing) and reinstall the x700 drivers?
Someone please help!

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You do not need to disable it. Just plug the card into the PCI Express slot
and it will work fine.

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> Ok, being a newbie at the hardware upgrade, i already put in an ati
> x700 pro graphics card. Unfortunately, i didn't disable the on-board
> video first. While the x700 seems to work fine, my system information
> says that i only have around 271MB of my total 512 (and it floats from
> 181 all the way up to 271). I need to know how to maximize my ram. I
> have no idea how to disable the on-board video in the bios, which is
> what i guess i'm supposed to do. I've been to the bios and it doesn't
> say anything specific about the on-board video. It just has bios
> acronyms that i don't undestand. So, do i need to uninstall the
> graphics drivers for the x700, go to bios and disable the on-board
> video (which i need help doing) and reinstall the x700 drivers?
> Someone please help!
>
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