Hit the windows key + pause/break (alternate: right click "my computer" on
desktop). The System properties window will pop up.
Select the hardware tab.
Click "device manager"
The device manager window will show. Find your old video card on the list
(Should be under "Display Adapters"). Hit the "+" sign next to its icon.
Right click on your old video card and select "disable". A dialog box will
pop-up asking you to confirm. Select "yes".
Restart the computer. This *should* free up any resources the video card is
taking up.
(These instructions will work for 2000/XP but it should be similar to 98/ME
(not sure what OS you have)
Julian
In article <04E8F9FE27A8420DA4EBCDCC76881525@HPJamie>, JCalder3@cfl.rr.com
("Jamie Calder") writes:
>
>
>
> I installed a dedicated video card to replace the onboard video in my
> computer. In the BIOS there's an option to select what to use for primary
> video, onboard video or PCI. PCI was already selected although onboard was
> being used (from the factory) and it was working fine. I checked Devise
> Manager and only the new video card was listed. Selecting PCI as the
> primary video doesn't turn off the onboard video since it was working while
> selected. I still show that some of my system RAM is being shared with the
> graphics card.
> Total Available Graphics 511
> Dedicated Video Memory 256
> System Video Memory 0
> Shared System Memory 255
> I only want the 256 MB on the card to be used. It's only an office computer
> but I need the new graphics card for dual monitor use. How do I turn off
> the shared memory?
> Thanks!
> James
>
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