Upgrading integrated videocard

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Hi all,
i have a Compaq 6351 Presario with Intel 82845GL integrated graphics
controller. Is there a way i can install a new PCI videocard and make my
comp (os linux) work with the newer one w/o replacing motherboard?

Thx,
 
I've never installed a PCI card in a Presario with Intel 845 on-board graphics,
but the system should respond similarly to most other brands of motherboards
with 845 on board. As a test, but a VERY inexpensive one, get an old, old PCI
graphics card with maybe 2MB of memory. See if it installs automatically. If
it does, then you can consider a newer one with more memory... Ben Myers
 
Hi all,
i have a Compaq 6351 Presario with Intel 82845GL integrated graphics
controller. Is there a way i can install a new PCI videocard and make my
comp (os linux) work with the newer one w/o replacing motherboard?

Thx,
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yes, it can be as easy as you describe. Because it's a PCI
card, after adding it you would then (keeping the monitor
connected to the onboard video for a moment) go into the
bios settings and set the primary display adapter (it can be
worded differently, like "initialize VGA first" or similar)
to be the PCI card, not AGP (which for this purpose would
mean the AGP is the integrated video, since the chipset uses
an AGP port for the video even without a physical slot for
AGP on the board).

So basically you'd just need to choose a card with known
working driver suport for linux.
 
Thx for suggestion, but it seems that my video card is already set to be
PCI in bios, not onboard-video. Is something wrong with that?
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No that's fine. It is only there for initialization
decision, which card is considered the primary when there
are two cards- it has no effect when there is only one
display adapter.
 
yes, it can be as easy as you describe. Because it's a PCI
card, after adding it you would then (keeping the monitor
connected to the onboard video for a moment) go into the
bios settings and set the primary display adapter (it can be
worded differently, like "initialize VGA first" or similar)
to be the PCI card, not AGP (which for this purpose would
mean the AGP is the integrated video, since the chipset uses
an AGP port for the video even without a physical slot for
AGP on the board).
Click to expand...

Thx for suggestion, but it seems that my video card is already set to be
PCI in bios, not onboard-video. Is something wrong with that?
 
No that's fine. It is only there for initialization
decision, which card is considered the primary when there
are two cards- it has no effect when there is only one
display adapter.
Click to expand...

Oh, thanks. I'll go try and see...
 
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