Re: New Graphics Adaptor (a bit off topic?)

[Mark Neidorff <mark@neidorff.com>]

On Tuesday 29 July 2008 01:36 pm, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 07/29/08 12:18, Mark Neidorff wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > First time that something easy like this is tripping me up.....
> >
> > I'm building a new system using Etch as the OS.  I installed Etch on my
> > SATA drive (no problem) using the on board video that came with my ASUS
> > M2MPV-VM motherboard. The on-board video is GeForce 6150.  System is
> > running well.
> >
> > Now, I want to upgrade the video, so I plugged a GeForce 8600 GT video
> > adaptor (PCIe 16) into my motherboard (ASUS M2MPV VM), went into the bios
> > (phoenix) and changed the primary display adaptor to PCIe.  When the
> > system boots, there is no output on the video of the PCIe card--all
> > output still goes to the on-board video.  I thought that one change would
> > send output to the PCIe card.  Can anyone tell me what additional steps I
> > need to take to get video to output to the PCIe adaptor?
>
> Stupid question: did you remember to save the new BIOS setting?
>
Yes. And I confirmed that the settings are saved.  (Its not a stupid question. 
There aren't any stupid questions!!!)