<quote who="David Deckert"> > Rob wrote: > >>On my particular PC, the onboard video would automatically disable >> itself when the machine sensed another card. So I had to use a second >> card in order to see what I was doing. > > Oh, I hope that's it for me as well, especially since even though the > screen stays black w/motherboard video I can hear the floppy loading the > OS. Am I right in thinking that would not happen unless POST was > completing successfully? If so, this week I'll borrow a video card to > add to the mix. I can almost smell success now...
If the floppy is running, then you are in good shape. If POST isn't completeing, then you will only see the floppy light up once, if it pauses, then continues to read off the disk, you are golden. > One last question: > If I get lucky and the motherboard video is disabling itself (didn't see > anything about this in BIOS) for sake of the Sapphire, what's to ensure > an additional video card do any better and produce output? In other > words will PCs automatically allow multiple video cards to output > video? Doesn't sound as if, given that motherboard video might > automatically role over and play dead when another suitor comes callin'. This can help if you have a little bit older video card, say 1997-98. If the card supports (what my machine reffered to as) VGA video mode, then the BIOS can supply rudimentary drivers for the card to function. Kind of how the MacOS does for the Happy/Sad Mac screens. Just a bit to keep you ahead of the game, for some reason, some ATI cards will not function if you install them with along side the Radeon. So if you have problems, try using a NVidia card, or I was successful with an ATI Rage something or nother, it was a Mach64 chipset. -Rob -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
