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Technical Help & Discussion => Self Building, Upgrading & General Hardware Help => Topic started by: roaddogg on February 09, 2003, 00:55

Title: how to disable memory/video share
Post by: roaddogg on February 09, 2003, 00:55

hi everyone
i noticed that my videocard is integrated,and taking up my memory space,is there anyway i can disable it from taking space,i installed the new card,but my ram still reads 192 mb,instead of 256,

Title: Re:how to disable memory/video share
Post by: Sandra on February 09, 2003, 01:29

Did you disable the on board graphics in your BIOS when you installed the new graphics card?
Without going back and checking your previous posts I cant recall which OS and PC you are using  ???

Title: Re:how to disable memory/video share
Post by: bat69 on February 09, 2003, 01:43

there may be a jumper on the mobo to disable the onboard graphics ... and as Sandra has mentioned ... try the BIOS

Title: Re:how to disable memory/video share
Post by: roaddogg on February 10, 2003, 00:33

i tried in the bios
everything looks to scary for me :o
i tried disabling it in system properties
didnt work
it wont boot with my gefore video card
i have windows xp

Title: Re:how to disable memory/video share
Post by: Sandra on February 10, 2003, 00:38

Can you tell me which Bios it is ( Award,Amibios or Phoenix). Then I have a chance at telling you where to look and hopefully what to set it to  :-*