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by auksas

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Computer is about 3-4 years old Compaq Evo D510 Small Form Factor P4 2.53 mhz, 1GB RAM ,250GB HD.

Motherboard chipset : intel brookdale-G i845G

I`m trying to install AGP ATI Radeon? 7500 video card but not successfully so far.
The problem i have is that computer does not even boot with new card in place.
There is no option on BIOS to disable onboard video card so i guess it should switch automatically .
I updated system BIOS from HP website - no results.
I could not find specific video BIOS to update.

I was unable to install Catalyst drivers for ATI card because it could not find hardware (i need to remove the AGP ATI card in order to boot windows)

What could be the problem?
Please help

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by marspilgrim

Check the ATI website for the ATI Tool to uninstall the drivers cleanly. The motherboard may only be seeing the onboard video and ignoring AGP so uninstall those drivers also. Try some older (version 6 perhaps) drivers for the 7500 and check the release notes to make sure your model is listed.

by mickspring

I own a HP PC and tried to install a similar card and had the same problem. I found out that the main board on my particular model does not supply enough power to the AGP slot. I was going to buy a bigger power supply but it wasn't really worth the trouble so I took it back.

by auksas

i tried to uninstall current video drivers- no help.
interesting thing was that in BIOS i was trying to disable vga controller but after repowering my computer it was ON again.
if it is the power issue what would be the solution?I need dvi output.
I know it is time to get rid of this PC but for right now i have to deal with it as it is :)

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