[abes]

Hello!

First, thank you for your help!

I have an Intel Motherboard (E210882 D845CPI/D845GVSR).
The onboard video "has gone bad" and it's not working what
results in no visual output at all. I bought a new PCI video
adapter and plugged it in, but now I am facing quite challenging
problem. I need to disable the onboard VGA and enable the
PCI one, but I have no idea how to do that if there is no
any output? I downloaded the manual for the board from
Intel's website and tried to change it just by "blindly" browsing
the BIOS withouth the monitor, but it brought no result!
I was thinking about calling Intel's tech support but I found
out that they want to be paid for their help, so I decided
to post it here :] I hope that somewhere there in the land
of the wide circuit board is that little jumper I missed with
a nice "BRD/PCI" label! HELP ME FIND IT!

Thanks a lot my friends!

Matt

[surjer]

Do you have a link to your mobo?

[abes]

That's all I have: ftp://download.intel.com/design/moth...r/C4681101.pdf

Should be enough!

Thanks!

Matt

[jephree]

Have you tried plugging the monitor into the card port?

This may enable basic function.

[abes]

Hey!

Thanks for help!

Yes, I've tried plugging it in, but nothing happened.
I was just thinking that maybe there are some kinds of
BIOS simulators on the internet so I can see how the
BIOS should look like and try doing the same "blind"
browsing again. I was also wondering if that's possible
to change BIOS settings from the Operating System
level? Because if yes then I may try hooking that computer
to the router and see if it obtains the IP automatically.
If it does then I can try "hacking into" it and just run
the bios-editor if something like that exists! Is anybody
aware of software that can change the bios settings?

Thanks a lot!

Matt

[jephree]

From the link you posted:

ftp://download.intel.com/design/moth...r/C4681101.pdf

4 BIOS Setup Program

4.4 Advanced Menu | Video Configuration

Primary Video Adapter

• Integrated Graphics (default)
• PCI

Selects primary video adapter to be used during
boot.

Just using my own computer as an example the disabling can be done thru the Windows Device Manager as well.

Are you sure that the monitor works? Do you know what happened to the onboard device?
Are you certain that that is the issue?

Perhaps try clearing the CMOS?

[abes]

Are you sure that the monitor works?
- The monitor works for 100% because I am using it with another computer.

Do you know what happened to the onboard device?
- The onboard video card port has been "ripped out" of the mobo by pulling
the monitor cable really hard!

Are you certain that that is the issue?
- Yes, I am cerain.

Perhaps try clearing the CMOS?
- Tried that, but the default setting (after clearing the CMOS) is to use onboard vga!

Regards,

Matthew Newelski

[jephree]

Searching your exact question:

How To Disable On-board Vga? Intel Board!

One finds:

http://support.intel.com/support/mot...enmbfaq.htm#11

How can I disable on board video on an Advanced motherboard that has video on board?
You can install an ISA or PCI add-in VGA adapter and the BIOS will automatically disable the on-board video controller when the add in video card is detected. When using Windows 95 you need to do the following:

In the Windows 95 Device Manager, disable the onboard Video Adapter
Exit Windows 95
Install the add-in video card
Run Windows 95. The add in video card will be automatically detected

Also:

http://www.intel.com/support/graphic.../cs-003807.htm

You can try searching the Intel site. I get some different results from varying words.

[abes]

Thanks for help.

So it looks like it should detect the new video adapter automatically.
It doesn't. And that's where my problem is. I plugged in the PCI
Radeon and nothing really happnes. The only difference between
the monitor being plugged into the PCI and into the remains of the
onboard card is that the "NO INPUT" box doesn't "fly" around the
screen once plugged into the PCI one, so it kind of knows that
it is plugged into something. The idea of connecting it to the router
and seeing if it gets the IP failed, and I guess it is because there
may be more than one user and can have a password so I can't
get into the system. What do you think I should do? Get a new
MOBO or keep on trying to fix it?

Regards,

Matt

[jephree]

You might have damaged the board beyond the VGA port.

The only thing I can think of is to try to flash the BIOS:

http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...bmit=Go%21#BIO

Just not sure if you can do that blind