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Disable VGA

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by jonsf1

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I'm using a built in sound, modem and VGA motherboard, and recently i've bought a PCI display card, and i wan to disable my built VGA but cannot find way to solve it cause it takes up at least 2MB of memory for the built VGA. Any suggestion?

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by jwilczyn

You need to find a jumper unable/disable video on your motherboard. After changing position of this jumper install a new video card and switch on PC.

by tony.colgrove

Depending on the how old your PC is, you might also find the Disable ONBoard features in the BIOS. To get to the BIOS you have to press a certain key(s) during the first part of your computers bootup. Most are or , or .

by estebandelatorre

You need to get inside the cmos setup and disable the onboard VGA or change the primary display to PCI or AGP or some option like this (depending on the mother bios.)
If you don't find it, watch for a jumper in the main board which allows you to disable the onboard mother.

Good luck

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