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update graphics card??

robhopkins — Sun, 04 May 2003 07:57:51 GMT

I have a sony vaio PCV-LX1. Can I replace the graphics card with a newer more powerful one. Even if it is a different brand. If so, what will this do if I have to do a full system recovery from the Sony recovery disks which will not contain the new graphics card drivers???
Thanks in advance

Rob

update graphics card??

kee-lo_ — Sun, 04 May 2003 09:44:11 GMT

If the machine has a seperate graphics card then you can, if its on board the motherboard and theres no AGP it can't be done. You wouldn't have to do a system restore, you'd uninstall your old one, fit the new one and let Windows detect it.

what about the fan

robhopkins — Sun, 04 May 2003 10:38:11 GMT

Its always on!!!!

update graphics card??

kee-lo_ — Sun, 04 May 2003 10:49:39 GMT

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update graphics card??

iainjturner — Sun, 04 May 2003 21:18:10 GMT

You can upgrade the graphics card on your machine, since it has a spare AGP slot. This means you can use virtually any graphics card on the market today, all you have to do is disable the onboard graphics in the BIOS. You could alternatively use the PCI slot(s) to upgrade the graphics card, although this will not return as good as performance as using the AGP bus.

the fan

robhopkins — Mon, 05 May 2003 06:39:27 GMT

the fan is always on!!!

update graphics card??

iainjturner — Mon, 05 May 2003 07:01:35 GMT

Which means in English...?

the fan

robhopkins — Mon, 05 May 2003 07:54:45 GMT

since i upgaded my pc to windows xp the internal cooling fan remains on constantly!!!
i have downloaded the latest upgrade/driver form the vaio web site but it makes no difference. it remains on all the time....... it didnt before.

thanks

update graphics card??

robpaxton — Mon, 05 May 2003 09:31:58 GMT

Fans on desktop PCs normally run constantly.

Regards, Rob

update graphics card??

iainjturner — Mon, 05 May 2003 10:38:40 GMT

I thought this thread was about upgrading the graphics card on your computer.

XP is a more CPU intensive operating system than other OS', so that may have something to do with the fan running constantly. But since desktop PC's use desktop processors, the fan must run constantly to cool the chip, since desktop CPU's have no clock throttling mechanism.

update graphics card??

kee-lo_ — Mon, 05 May 2003 12:28:19 GMT

The fans being always on in a desktop is very normal, if they weren't I'd be worried as something has gone wrong with the fan.

Anyway, these new gfx cards they use a lot of power, and that equals a lot of heat. If you really don't like the noise get a Zalman fan, they're like a flower that fits on the GPU. Nice invention in my opinion.

thanks

robhopkins — Thu, 08 May 2003 08:20:36 GMT

thanks to all

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robhopkins — Fri, 09 May 2003 05:59:51 GMT

I have a new pci graphics card.
how do i disable the on board graphis in bios??

First Question

chuckalicious — Fri, 09 May 2003 07:53:50 GMT

My first question is: are you getting an output form the enw card that you have installed?
If so, you should just be able to disable the old card in the device manager. If you are on XP, richt click on My Computer, click on Properties, then the hardware tab, then the Device Manager button. Find the card, probably under Display something or other, but possibly under system devices, as it is integrated. From there, go to the properties of the old card and check the disable box. Should be all you need to do

update graphics card??

iainjturner — Fri, 09 May 2003 12:10:01 GMT

No, if the old card is an integrated card (on the motherboard), then you need to diable it in the BIOS. Press F2 when the Sony logo appears when turning the computer on, then search around in the BIOS for something like 'On-Board graphics disable'. If it is a PCI or AGP card, you need to simply remove the drivers of the old card.

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robhopkins — Sat, 10 May 2003 02:01:59 GMT

the other problem i have just realised is the mouse and keybory run out of the sony lcd monitor which has a 'sony type plug' on the end of it. Not the regular monitor plug..

I think im stuffed!!