PCI card installation

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  1. linus7005

    linus7005 Regular member

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    I had to get a PCI card and I am wondering what port or drive do I need to disable before I can install? I tried without disabling anything and my PC wouldnt boot up. The card is a Jaton NVidia 248PCI DVI.
     
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    are u sure this is a pci card and not a pci-e card?
     
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    yeah, i'm sure
     
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    I have a crappy emachine, and the people at emachine/support were not much help. I disabled my onboard card and installed new one; however, when I try to boot my pc back it gets stuck on a "test" screen.
     
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    at the test screen, r u using win xp? if so u may need to press F8 at the startup and go in using VGA mode
     
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    and install the drivers from there, post back any results
     
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    test screen is on the monitor, disable the onboard video by jumper or in bios by reading the manual
     
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    i heard of bios. how do i get to it?
     
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    check manual as for proceedure as most computers you press del to enter bios & others it might be f1, f2 or f10
     
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