Graphics Question

[ohheckyeah]

I'm sorry to be asking yet another question.

I had a new hard drive installed in my desktop. I've noticed that type doesn't seem quite as crisp as it did before. I went to the Device Manager and I have these two things under Display Adapters:

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller

Both are enabled. Shouldn't the Intel (R) 82865G Graphics Controller be disabled?

[canetoad]

1. It probably should be

but before you do that (assuming you have a flat screen) right click on the desktop, select properties, then the appearance tab.

Tick the box 'use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts' and select clear type. This is the setting specifically for LCD screens.

[ohheckyeah]

2. Thanks....

I already did the clear type thing. That helped some.

So, I won't get a black screen of death if I disable the one graphics card? That's my only fear.

PS

I really appreciate you replying. You all must get tired of these questions.

[Dead_Parrot]

4. what you could do...

...is set up a remote access program like Log me in - then if you do kill the display, you can switch it back on from another PC, but I'm 99% sure the Intel is the one to switch off.

Look at the back of the machine and see if the monitor cable is going to an expansion card (one of the long thin slots about a half inch wide) or the motherboard connections (usually a block of assorted connectors about six by one and a half inches). Odds are the Intel is in the block, and the Nvidia is in the slot with the monitor plugged in.

[ohheckyeah]

6. I remember now that I plugged the monitor into

the plug that was originally on the computer and I got a black screen. When I plugged it into the long expansion slot the display came up. It's set up for two monitors so the long expansion slot has two plugins.

[Dead_Parrot]

8. Chances are the onboard is disabled in the BIOS, then

Windows is just hanging on to the drivers from the last time it was in use.

Actually, I'm being dim - if you can post the PC make and model (or motherboard model if it's a custom build) we can just look it up...

[Duer 157099]

3. What is your monitor plugged into?

Are there two different places to plug in a monitor? Like an on-board video and an expansion slot one? Is it plugged into the expansion slot card one?

Do you know how to get into the BIOS settings? There's usually an option in there to disable onboard video if you are using a video card. Although I don't know how replacing a hard drive would have reset that.

What happens when you boot into safe mode? Is the display any better/worse?

[ohheckyeah]

5. the monitor is plugged into the expansion slot

card.

Replacing the hard drive may not have reset it and it's something else going on. I don't know if both were enabled before or not. I don't know that I ever checked it.

No, I don't know how to get into the BIOS setting but I can disable it in the Device Manager. I don't remember how to do safe mode.

[Duer 157099]

7. Try hitting F8 while rebooting, see if that will get you into safe mode

Also, you can try hitting either ESC or F1 or DEL upon boot to get into your BIOS menu and have a look around there for any settings to disable onboard video.