video card

[willy]

on my bios it is set as primary video adapter pci. when i
insall video card and reboot i have no monitor therefor i
cant see to install drivers. my card is pci .system maker
says it should detect but if i cant see anything i cant
install drivers. any one have any answers? cuold card be
defective or have something wrong with it?

[Joe727]

Who knows? - you did not post any specs for your PC, nor for your video
card.

Joe

"willy" > wrote in message
...
> on my bios it is set as primary video adapter pci. when i
> insall video card and reboot i have no monitor therefor i
> cant see to install drivers. my card is pci .system maker
> says it should detect but if i cant see anything i cant
> install drivers. any one have any answers? cuold card be
> defective or have something wrong with it?

[GC]

"Joe727" > wrote in message
...
> Who knows? - you did not post any specs for your PC, nor for your video
> card.
>
> Joe
>
> "willy" > wrote in message
> ...
> > on my bios it is set as primary video adapter pci. when i
> > insall video card and reboot i have no monitor therefor i
> > cant see to install drivers. my card is pci .system maker
> > says it should detect but if i cant see anything i cant
> > install drivers. any one have any answers? cuold card be
> > defective or have something wrong with it?
>


Think real hard, no harder still. Can you read his mind yet? Darn, must be
offline then.

[Sharon F]

On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 06:47:17 -0700, willy wrote:

> on my bios it is set as primary video adapter pci. when i
> insall video card and reboot i have no monitor therefor i
> cant see to install drivers. my card is pci .system maker
> says it should detect but if i cant see anything i cant
> install drivers. any one have any answers? cuold card be
> defective or have something wrong with it?

BIOS should honor the PCI selection but... Is there an onboard AGP chip
that can be disabled by flipping a switch? Might be worth a try if you have
that option.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP - Windows XP Shell/User