Dude I got a Dell and now I'm in video hell

[Stalemate]

Originally posted by geoscomp
And check if you can what pci slots are shared with the onboard video..you may have an irq conflict with the mouse. Have you disabled the onboard video in device manager?

I was thinking that too - any follow up to this, DM?

I also found this from Google:

I just found a way to disable the GX110 with onboard Intel 810 video card. This Instruccion are for Windows 2000

1.Go to the bios and setup the video to auto.
2. Install the Nvidia Drivers & Connect the Monitor on the Nvidia card.
3. When Windows is up & the drivers is install go to the Display Properties then go to Setting tab.
4. Under display select display 2 (this should be the nvidia) then put a checkmark in Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor, then the box for (use this device as the primary) should be enable, insert a checkmark.
5 Click on display then change to monitor 1. (this should be the Intel 810) take the checkmark off from (Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor.

Now next time you restart the computer it should be working on your Nvidia instead of the Intel. I even updated the bios still i can't disable the onBoard intel. Actually this doesn't disable the onboard video, but it doesn't use the intel as the primary.

Although you may prefer to go with the official Dell method instead:

http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportf...essage.id=4608
http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportf...essage.id=3990

[trippinfool]

Go to www.atitech.com and download the utility that will diagnose what card you have. You CAN get it working by installing the correct ATI drivers. The ones from Dell are obviously not good, I had the same issue with a Micron PC with the ATI onboard, it was a Celeron 600, so it's the same family. I don't remember the correct driver, but ATI does have an .exe file you can run, it will tell you the chipset. I had the exact same f*ckin' issue. No DirectX, no Micron drvers, you need the Generic ATI drivers.

[Dark Millennium]

My sincerest apologies for not updating this until now. Many other things came up and I totally forgot about this thread.

At this time I have left it to run on its 4 MB video.

The good news is sooner or later I should be able to get a fairly cheap 64 MB ATI PCI card that will do the job more than nicely. (and will hopefully work).

As to IRQ conflicts. Nope... The problem happened no matter which PCI slot I placed the card in.

Thanks once again for all the help and info. There have been some other good ideas and I will give them a try as soon as I possibly can.

Once again thanks for the help.

[ephmynus]

Originally posted by inferno_gn
Hi there,

All I can say, Dell sucks.

Jules...

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