2 GRAPHICS CARDS COEXIST with ABILITY to CHOOSE?

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I've recently aquired a GeForce 4 Ti4200. But I enjoy the capture ability of
my AIW128 PCI. I only have one monitor using Windows98. I understand I can
make a separate hardware profile and also tell the bios to boot from either
AGP/PCI. *BUT*,
1) Do I also have to disconnect/reconnect my monitor to the other card
everytime I choose to switch cards? Or is there a way around this?
2) Then would that make it a total of 3 things to do everytime I switch??
3) What are the exact details on installing my GeForce...? Install while
AIW is there? Unhook/Re-hook monitor to which during installation? How to
make a new hardware profile?
Thanks
 
John F said:
I've recently aquired a GeForce 4 Ti4200. But I enjoy the capture ability of
my AIW128 PCI. I only have one monitor using Windows98. I understand I can
make a separate hardware profile and also tell the bios to boot from either
AGP/PCI. *BUT*,
1) Do I also have to disconnect/reconnect my monitor to the other card
everytime I choose to switch cards? Or is there a way around this?
2) Then would that make it a total of 3 things to do everytime I switch??
3) What are the exact details on installing my GeForce...? Install while
AIW is there? Unhook/Re-hook monitor to which during installation? How to
make a new hardware profile?
Thanks
Click to expand...

The first thing to do is to copy the Original Profile (Profile 1) and
then click Wait until I select a hardware profile. Restart the
computer. On restart select the copied profile(Not the original) and
boot to that. Once in, remove the PCI card from device
manager(Uninstall the card). Shut down the computer and put in the
AGP card. Switch the monitor cable and power up. When you boot up
select the copied profile again and boot to that. Once in, install
your AGP card. Now you have two different profiles each with a
different video card. Now when you want to use PCI card, you will
have to shut down first, change the monitor cable, and then restart.
Select the orginial profile and there you go. If you try to use both
video cards in the same profile then it could cause major problems.

Jay
 
Hi Jay 2 questions:
1. So I don't need to go into bios everytime to switch the primary AGP/PCI ?
2. What if I opted to do dual monitors (with GeForce as primary) -can they
coexist at same time?
 
John said:
Hi Jay 2 questions:
1. So I don't need to go into bios everytime to switch the primary AGP/PCI ?
2. What if I opted to do dual monitors (with GeForce as primary) -can they
coexist at same time?
Click to expand...

I've run AGP and PCI cards on two monitors without any issues using
windows and linux.
 
Should I first uninstall the AIW PCI, or just go ahead & install the
GeForce(as primary) for dual monitors?
 
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