I have a graphics card on my motherboard that is an onboard graphics card but I just bought a new one and I want to use that one instead because it is better than onboard graphics.? How do I disable the onboard graphics card and install my new graphics card and get it working?
Onboard graphics cards are becoming a thing of the past as new operating systems demand much higher performance graphic cards.? While it is not uncommon to buy a motherboard with onboard graphics, its pretty easy to disable the onboard graphics and install a new dedicated graphics card.
1.? The first step in disabling your onboard graphics card is to boot up into Safe Mode (Hitting the F8 key during system boot up and selecting the option that just says Safe Mode)? <– Be patient, this boot up may take longer then you are use to
2.? Right click the My Computer Icon and choose the Properties option
3.? Navigate to the Advanced tab and look for the Device Manager option
4.? Look for Display Adapters and click the ‘+’ option to expand the properties
5.? You should find something that may say “Intel Integrated Graphics” or something that says Onboard or Integrated with either your motherboard manufacturer’s name on it.? Right click that name and select the properties option
6.? Select the Disable tab (do NOT uninstall)
7.? Shut down your computer after it has been disabled
8.? Once your computer is completely shut down, remove the power cable and all other cables from the back of your case and open up the case (Make sure you properly know how to work inside of a computer case to risk shocking or damaging existing parts)
9.? Install your new card and close case/reattach cables
10.? Boot up normally.? Your screen will be enlarged as the card is running in a lower resolution but once you log in, you will be able to install the drivers that either will be found automatically or will be prompted for if you have the CD or disk that contains them
Good luck and have fun!
8 Responses
Ken
April 17th, 2009 at 8:49 am
1Hi, just wanna ask 1 question. Is there a need to disable the on-board graphics card? Normally i install the new card in and install the driver of the card. I never disable the on-board graphics. Doesn’t it automatically switch to the new card?
pelezinho
May 24th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
2What about BIOS? Is there something to be done or not,for example disable onboard card and disable buffer size that card uses it?
ryan
November 25th, 2009 at 8:47 am
3I tried installing a new card after uninstalling my old graphics card, but never really messed with the onboard graphics.
But, my computer won’t recognize the new card as it keeps trying to install drivers for a geforce 6xxx video card that I DON’T HAVE. I installed the Geforce 8600GT and installed the drivers for it, but it won’t display. I have to keep taking the card out and switching to onboard graphics just to see my desktop.
Any ideas?
Dave
January 10th, 2010 at 6:33 am
4I’m looking to install a new graphics card soon to replace the onboard graphics, and I’d heard you needed to disable it, so stumbled across your post while trying to find out how.
I looked for “Display Adapters” in the Device Manager and it wasn’t there (I’m not in Safe Mode but that shouldn’t make a difference, should it?)
The nearest I can find is under “Other Devices” and is called “Video Controller (VGA Compatible)”. It also says that it is not working properly because no drivers are installed, but that can’t be correct or I wouldn’t be able to see my screen.
There is also an entry called “Video Codecs” under “Sound, Video and Game Controllers”
It looks like I may not need to disable it anyway. Could someone please confirm? My motherboard is an Asrock 775i65G (please don’t tell me to upgrade my motherboard, I’m not made of money).
Any comments welcome.
Dave
January 29th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
5Actually I think the only way to do it on mine would be to go through the BIOS setup menu, unless anyone can make more sense of my post above.
marieclaudel fulmoti
January 31st, 2010 at 9:00 pm
6it s about the message windows no disk exception processing ,
help me to take off that message
thank
Dave
February 10th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
7Maria,
That’s got nothing to do with what’s being discussed here. You may wish to start a new thread.
prathamesh
June 13th, 2010 at 10:57 am
8my config
intel p4 2.66 ghz
1gb ram
40 gb hdd
96 mb onboard intel(R)82865G graphic controller……
my question is dat can i install a new nvidia graphic card????
plzz suggest me a cheap but worth for money graphic card dat will suit my gaming needs …..my budget is rs2000……guys plzzzz help me!!!!!!!!
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