Disabling onboard graphics WITHOUT monitor capability

Does it boot, can you hear the pieso sound at start or the windows login sounds?

You may need to BOOT into your BIOS (usually DEL, or F2) and find the setting related to graphics and change the default device.

The monitor and cord work on other computers. you're right, it might be something on the motherboard. I was trying to eliminate possible causes, but it's operating in the dark.





This is what you are SUPPOSED to do, but I don't know HOW you can do it since if your onboard graphics have no output you can't see what you're doing:

1. Monitor hooked to Motherboard (onboard graphics)
2. Enter BIOS
3. Change so PCIe card is first (i.e. PCIe-> IGP instead of IGP->PCIe)
4. SAVE settings in BIOS and SHUT DOWN PC
5. Switch monitor cable to graphics card.

If this is the case, the ONLY way I know to fix the problem is to figure out the EXACT order of key presses to do this without seeing what you're doing.

The only way it would likely work is if someone else had the same motherboard.

*You also should verify it's not the MONITOR. It says "no signal" so that's likely the case. It may also not be the graphics chip itself but another part of your motherboard but it's hard to test anything with no screenoutput.