If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#16
|
|||
|
|||
choosing a video card
Since all this happened after the Grandson's visit I would.
1) Download the latest video driver from HP's web site. 2) Install the driver. 3) If the problem still persist then open the case cover and check to see if there is a slot for a Video Card and also read the user' manual. 4) If the is a slot for a stand alone video card determine if it's an AGP or PCI-E slot. This determines the type of card to buy. (Almost any stand alone card will be faster/better then the built in graphics chip). 5) You also need to disable the onboard video in the BIOS when you boot up for the first time after installing the card. Note: Don't forget that most cards these day have an external power connector and your computer's power supply must have the correct type connector (Molex 4 pin or 6 pin PCI-E power cable) required for the video card so check this also before you go hunting for a new card. -- JS http://www.pagestart.com wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MVP wrote: wrote in message ... Hi I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP running XP with a LCD monitor. Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one is an mobo integrated card: NVIDIA Display GeForce 6150 LE 5.51.28.39.25 IRQ 16 256 MB ForceWare version 82.05 This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has low requirements in her video card. How do I decide what video card to install in her PC? Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card? Any suggestions as to which card to get for her? Thanks. Jeff It is unusual for an integrated video card to fail. In what way is it failing? Are the correct drivers installed? Is the correct resolution set? I will recheck the drivers and the resolution. Everything worked fine until her grandson spent a few days with her. True! He is now back in Australia and would probably not admit what he did ....... Jeff |
Ads |
#17
|
|||
|
|||
choosing a video card
Since all this happened after the Grandson's visit I would.
1) Download the latest video driver from HP's web site. 2) Install the driver. 3) If the problem still persist then open the case cover and check to see if there is a slot for a Video Card and also read the user' manual. 4) If the is a slot for a stand alone video card determine if it's an AGP or PCI-E slot. This determines the type of card to buy. (Almost any stand alone card will be faster/better then the built in graphics chip). 5) You also need to disable the onboard video in the BIOS when you boot up for the first time after installing the card. Note: Don't forget that most cards these day have an external power connector and your computer's power supply must have the correct type connector (Molex 4 pin or 6 pin PCI-E power cable) required for the video card so check this also before you go hunting for a new card. -- JS http://www.pagestart.com wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MVP wrote: wrote in message ... Hi I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP running XP with a LCD monitor. Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one is an mobo integrated card: NVIDIA Display GeForce 6150 LE 5.51.28.39.25 IRQ 16 256 MB ForceWare version 82.05 This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has low requirements in her video card. How do I decide what video card to install in her PC? Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card? Any suggestions as to which card to get for her? Thanks. Jeff It is unusual for an integrated video card to fail. In what way is it failing? Are the correct drivers installed? Is the correct resolution set? I will recheck the drivers and the resolution. Everything worked fine until her grandson spent a few days with her. True! He is now back in Australia and would probably not admit what he did ....... Jeff |
#18
|
|||
|
|||
choosing a video card
Mike Hall - MVP wrote:
wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MVP wrote: wrote in message ... Hi I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP running XP with a LCD monitor. Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one is an mobo integrated card: NVIDIA Display GeForce 6150 LE 5.51.28.39.25 IRQ 16 256 MB ForceWare version 82.05 This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has low requirements in her video card. How do I decide what video card to install in her PC? Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card? Any suggestions as to which card to get for her? Thanks. Jeff It is unusual for an integrated video card to fail. In what way is it failing? Are the correct drivers installed? Is the correct resolution set? I will recheck the drivers and the resolution. Everything worked fine until her grandson spent a few days with her. True! He is now back in Australia and would probably not admit what he did ....... Jeff Would PROBABLY not admit it? LOL.. You give her grandson more credit than he is PROBABLY due.. You're right on the mark. Jeff |
#19
|
|||
|
|||
choosing a video card
Mike Hall - MVP wrote:
wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MVP wrote: wrote in message ... Hi I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP running XP with a LCD monitor. Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one is an mobo integrated card: NVIDIA Display GeForce 6150 LE 5.51.28.39.25 IRQ 16 256 MB ForceWare version 82.05 This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has low requirements in her video card. How do I decide what video card to install in her PC? Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card? Any suggestions as to which card to get for her? Thanks. Jeff It is unusual for an integrated video card to fail. In what way is it failing? Are the correct drivers installed? Is the correct resolution set? I will recheck the drivers and the resolution. Everything worked fine until her grandson spent a few days with her. True! He is now back in Australia and would probably not admit what he did ....... Jeff Would PROBABLY not admit it? LOL.. You give her grandson more credit than he is PROBABLY due.. You're right on the mark. Jeff |
#20
|
|||
|
|||
choosing a video card
Thank you JS.
Jeff JS wrote: Since all this happened after the Grandson's visit I would. 1) Download the latest video driver from HP's web site. 2) Install the driver. 3) If the problem still persist then open the case cover and check to see if there is a slot for a Video Card and also read the user' manual. 4) If the is a slot for a stand alone video card determine if it's an AGP or PCI-E slot. This determines the type of card to buy. (Almost any stand alone card will be faster/better then the built in graphics chip). 5) You also need to disable the onboard video in the BIOS when you boot up for the first time after installing the card. Note: Don't forget that most cards these day have an external power connector and your computer's power supply must have the correct type connector (Molex 4 pin or 6 pin PCI-E power cable) required for the video card so check this also before you go hunting for a new card. wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MVP wrote: wrote in message ... Hi I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP running XP with a LCD monitor. Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one is an mobo integrated card: NVIDIA Display GeForce 6150 LE 5.51.28.39.25 IRQ 16 256 MB ForceWare version 82.05 This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has low requirements in her video card. How do I decide what video card to install in her PC? Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card? Any suggestions as to which card to get for her? Thanks. Jeff It is unusual for an integrated video card to fail. In what way is it failing? Are the correct drivers installed? Is the correct resolution set? I will recheck the drivers and the resolution. Everything worked fine until her grandson spent a few days with her. True! He is now back in Australia and would probably not admit what he did ....... Jeff |
#21
|
|||
|
|||
choosing a video card
Thank you JS.
Jeff JS wrote: Since all this happened after the Grandson's visit I would. 1) Download the latest video driver from HP's web site. 2) Install the driver. 3) If the problem still persist then open the case cover and check to see if there is a slot for a Video Card and also read the user' manual. 4) If the is a slot for a stand alone video card determine if it's an AGP or PCI-E slot. This determines the type of card to buy. (Almost any stand alone card will be faster/better then the built in graphics chip). 5) You also need to disable the onboard video in the BIOS when you boot up for the first time after installing the card. Note: Don't forget that most cards these day have an external power connector and your computer's power supply must have the correct type connector (Molex 4 pin or 6 pin PCI-E power cable) required for the video card so check this also before you go hunting for a new card. wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MVP wrote: wrote in message ... Hi I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP running XP with a LCD monitor. Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one is an mobo integrated card: NVIDIA Display GeForce 6150 LE 5.51.28.39.25 IRQ 16 256 MB ForceWare version 82.05 This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has low requirements in her video card. How do I decide what video card to install in her PC? Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card? Any suggestions as to which card to get for her? Thanks. Jeff It is unusual for an integrated video card to fail. In what way is it failing? Are the correct drivers installed? Is the correct resolution set? I will recheck the drivers and the resolution. Everything worked fine until her grandson spent a few days with her. True! He is now back in Australia and would probably not admit what he did ....... Jeff |
#22
|
|||
|
|||
choosing a video card
You're welcome.
-- JS http://www.pagestart.com wrote in message ... Thank you JS. Jeff JS wrote: Since all this happened after the Grandson's visit I would. 1) Download the latest video driver from HP's web site. 2) Install the driver. 3) If the problem still persist then open the case cover and check to see if there is a slot for a Video Card and also read the user' manual. 4) If the is a slot for a stand alone video card determine if it's an AGP or PCI-E slot. This determines the type of card to buy. (Almost any stand alone card will be faster/better then the built in graphics chip). 5) You also need to disable the onboard video in the BIOS when you boot up for the first time after installing the card. Note: Don't forget that most cards these day have an external power connector and your computer's power supply must have the correct type connector (Molex 4 pin or 6 pin PCI-E power cable) required for the video card so check this also before you go hunting for a new card. wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MVP wrote: wrote in message ... Hi I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP running XP with a LCD monitor. Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one is an mobo integrated card: NVIDIA Display GeForce 6150 LE 5.51.28.39.25 IRQ 16 256 MB ForceWare version 82.05 This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has low requirements in her video card. How do I decide what video card to install in her PC? Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card? Any suggestions as to which card to get for her? Thanks. Jeff It is unusual for an integrated video card to fail. In what way is it failing? Are the correct drivers installed? Is the correct resolution set? I will recheck the drivers and the resolution. Everything worked fine until her grandson spent a few days with her. True! He is now back in Australia and would probably not admit what he did ....... Jeff |
#23
|
|||
|
|||
choosing a video card
You're welcome.
-- JS http://www.pagestart.com wrote in message ... Thank you JS. Jeff JS wrote: Since all this happened after the Grandson's visit I would. 1) Download the latest video driver from HP's web site. 2) Install the driver. 3) If the problem still persist then open the case cover and check to see if there is a slot for a Video Card and also read the user' manual. 4) If the is a slot for a stand alone video card determine if it's an AGP or PCI-E slot. This determines the type of card to buy. (Almost any stand alone card will be faster/better then the built in graphics chip). 5) You also need to disable the onboard video in the BIOS when you boot up for the first time after installing the card. Note: Don't forget that most cards these day have an external power connector and your computer's power supply must have the correct type connector (Molex 4 pin or 6 pin PCI-E power cable) required for the video card so check this also before you go hunting for a new card. wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MVP wrote: wrote in message ... Hi I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP running XP with a LCD monitor. Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one is an mobo integrated card: NVIDIA Display GeForce 6150 LE 5.51.28.39.25 IRQ 16 256 MB ForceWare version 82.05 This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has low requirements in her video card. How do I decide what video card to install in her PC? Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card? Any suggestions as to which card to get for her? Thanks. Jeff It is unusual for an integrated video card to fail. In what way is it failing? Are the correct drivers installed? Is the correct resolution set? I will recheck the drivers and the resolution. Everything worked fine until her grandson spent a few days with her. True! He is now back in Australia and would probably not admit what he did ....... Jeff |
#24
|
|||
|
|||
choosing a video card
lid wrote:
Thank you JS. Jeff JS wrote: Since all this happened after the Grandson's visit I would. 1) Download the latest video driver from HP's web site. 2) Install the driver. 3) If the problem still persist then open the case cover and check to see if there is a slot for a Video Card and also read the user' manual. 4) If the is a slot for a stand alone video card determine if it's an AGP or PCI-E slot. This determines the type of card to buy. (Almost any stand alone card will be faster/better then the built in graphics chip). 5) You also need to disable the onboard video in the BIOS when you boot up for the first time after installing the card. Note: Don't forget that most cards these day have an external power connector and your computer's power supply must have the correct type connector (Molex 4 pin or 6 pin PCI-E power cable) required for the video card so check this also before you go hunting for a new card. wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MVP wrote: wrote in message ... Hi I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP running XP with a LCD monitor. Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one is an mobo integrated card: NVIDIA Display GeForce 6150 LE 5.51.28.39.25 IRQ 16 256 MB ForceWare version 82.05 This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has low requirements in her video card. How do I decide what video card to install in her PC? Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card? Any suggestions as to which card to get for her? Thanks. Jeff It is unusual for an integrated video card to fail. In what way is it failing? Are the correct drivers installed? Is the correct resolution set? I will recheck the drivers and the resolution. Everything worked fine until her grandson spent a few days with her. True! He is now back in Australia and would probably not admit what he did ....... Jeff In terms of 6150 LE capabilities, they're listed here. http://www.nvidia.com/object/mobo_gpu_tech_specs.html The 6150 LE has "1x16+2x1" PCI Express. That means the chipset can support a PCI Express x16 slot. But you have to visually inspect the motherboard, and see if a long connector is present. The PCI Express x1 slots, can be used to interface to a "short" slot (for add-in cards), or in some cases, the interfaces will be connected to Ethernet chips or other accessories. This is a PCI Express x16. You can see the coupling capacitors, along the upper edge of the picture. The small ceramic capacitors are used to AC couple the bus connections. The big x16 slot, is typically used for video cards, although other card types will also fit (expensive RAID controllers). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PCI-Express-Bus.jpg This is an example, of one of the cheaper PCI Express x16 cards that Newegg sells. You should be able to match this price elsewhere. This is an 8400 GS PCI Express for $30. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127368 You can see in the card list here, that the specs vary greatly from one product offering to another. To hit $30, it might have less memory, or a lower "clock" for some of the components. None of this will matter to a person who is not playing 3D games. http://www.gpureview.com/GeForce-840...-card-529.html There are currently two standards for PCI Express. There is PCI Express Revision 1 and Revision 2. Revision 2 products are backward compatible with Revision 1 motherboards. So you should not have to worry about that. ******* With respect to the Grandson, remember that computers are meant to be used. The graphics chip, if run in 3D mode, gets warm. The manufacturer fits cooling solutions, considered to be sufficient for all modes of usage. So if the CPU runs at 100% computing capacity, the machine should not croak. Similarly, if someone plays a 3D game using the build-in GPU, the machine should provide many happy hours of usage. Engineers are supposed to test, that the cooling is adequate for all usage patterns, including usage of the computer in a heated room. (At one time, they would even state what the maximum room temperature for usage was. But try and find that spec now.) In some 6100 and 6150 retail motherboards, there were issues with a small percentage of them having bad graphics output. This required warranty service, to resolve the problem. Whether this is part of the Nvidia "bump/underfill" fiasco, I cannot say. But Nvidia did have problems with the physical construction of their chips, and put aside $200 million, as part of warranty repair for affected computers. So for your video card experiment, all you need spend is $30. If the warranty is still in effect, you can talk to the manufacturer, and see what their policy is on things affected by Nvidia chips. Paul |
#25
|
|||
|
|||
choosing a video card
wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MVP wrote: wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MVP wrote: wrote in message ... Hi I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP running XP with a LCD monitor. Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one is an mobo integrated card: NVIDIA Display GeForce 6150 LE 5.51.28.39.25 IRQ 16 256 MB ForceWare version 82.05 This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has low requirements in her video card. How do I decide what video card to install in her PC? Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card? Any suggestions as to which card to get for her? Thanks. Jeff It is unusual for an integrated video card to fail. In what way is it failing? Are the correct drivers installed? Is the correct resolution set? I will recheck the drivers and the resolution. Everything worked fine until her grandson spent a few days with her. True! He is now back in Australia and would probably not admit what he did ....... Jeff Would PROBABLY not admit it? LOL.. You give her grandson more credit than he is PROBABLY due.. You're right on the mark. Jeff Since neither you nor the grandmother know what her darling little grandson did, try scanning for malware. MalwareBytes works great in normal mode, and SuperAntiSpyware can be run in safe mode. It may possibly be corrupt driver or system files from whatever he downloaded (if indeed he did- I'll bet big money he'd say he didn't do anything). SC Tom |
#26
|
|||
|
|||
choosing a video card
wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MVP wrote: wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MVP wrote: wrote in message ... Hi I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP running XP with a LCD monitor. Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one is an mobo integrated card: NVIDIA Display GeForce 6150 LE 5.51.28.39.25 IRQ 16 256 MB ForceWare version 82.05 This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has low requirements in her video card. How do I decide what video card to install in her PC? Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card? Any suggestions as to which card to get for her? Thanks. Jeff It is unusual for an integrated video card to fail. In what way is it failing? Are the correct drivers installed? Is the correct resolution set? I will recheck the drivers and the resolution. Everything worked fine until her grandson spent a few days with her. True! He is now back in Australia and would probably not admit what he did ....... Jeff Would PROBABLY not admit it? LOL.. You give her grandson more credit than he is PROBABLY due.. You're right on the mark. Jeff Since neither you nor the grandmother know what her darling little grandson did, try scanning for malware. MalwareBytes works great in normal mode, and SuperAntiSpyware can be run in safe mode. It may possibly be corrupt driver or system files from whatever he downloaded (if indeed he did- I'll bet big money he'd say he didn't do anything). SC Tom |
#27
|
|||
|
|||
choosing a video card
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:29:52 -0400, wrote:
Hi I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP running XP with a LCD monitor. Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one is an mobo integrated card: NVIDIA Display GeForce 6150 LE 5.51.28.39.25 IRQ 16 256 MB ForceWare version 82.05 This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has low requirements in her video card. How do I decide what video card to install in her PC? Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card? Any suggestions as to which card to get for her? Thanks. Jeff Why ask here? What card you get is purely a matter of personal choice and what the computer will handle. Do research on the multitudes of websites that deal with these issues. |
#28
|
|||
|
|||
choosing a video card
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:29:52 -0400, wrote:
Hi I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP running XP with a LCD monitor. Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one is an mobo integrated card: NVIDIA Display GeForce 6150 LE 5.51.28.39.25 IRQ 16 256 MB ForceWare version 82.05 This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has low requirements in her video card. How do I decide what video card to install in her PC? Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card? Any suggestions as to which card to get for her? Thanks. Jeff Why ask here? What card you get is purely a matter of personal choice and what the computer will handle. Do research on the multitudes of websites that deal with these issues. |
#29
|
|||
|
|||
choosing a video card
"Mr. Smith" wrote in message ... On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:29:52 -0400, wrote: Hi I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP running XP with a LCD monitor. Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one is an mobo integrated card: NVIDIA Display GeForce 6150 LE 5.51.28.39.25 IRQ 16 256 MB ForceWare version 82.05 This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has low requirements in her video card. How do I decide what video card to install in her PC? Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card? Any suggestions as to which card to get for her? Thanks. Jeff Why ask here? What card you get is purely a matter of personal choice and what the computer will handle. Do research on the multitudes of websites that deal with these issues. Ignore our resident ****wit. Your question belongs in a *hardware* forum, which this is. |
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|