Hey guys, i am trying to install a new video card (pny geforce 5200 pci) i have done everything right but i can't figure out how to disable my onboard video through bios. can anyone help?! here are my specs.. Operating System System Model Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4 (build 2195) MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-7142 1.00 Enclosure Type: Desktop Processor a Main Circuit Board b 1.80 gigahertz AMD Sempron 128 kilobyte primary memory cache 128 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-7142 1.00 Bus Clock: 200 megahertz BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 04/24/2006 Drives Memory Modules c,d 80.02 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity 66.23 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4522B [CD-ROM drive] 3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive] IOMEGA ZIP 100 [Hard drive] -- drive 1 WDC WD800JB-00JJC0 [Hard drive] (80.02 GB) -- drive 0 448 Megabytes Installed Memory Slot 'A0' has 512 MB Slot 'A1' is Empty Local Drive Volumes c: (NTFS on drive 0) 73.40 GB 61.34 GB free d: (NTFS on drive 0) 6.61 GB 4.89 GB free

"I have done everything right' Please outline (all) what you have done.

Wow - so many specs (everything but the number of screws in the chassis) just to determine a BIOS setting? If it's controlled in the BIOS, you should be able to find it. If it's not controlled there, then you would hope for a motherboard jumper or switch - most of that other info really doesn't relate (like 'Hard Drive Free Space'??) Better too much than not enough, I suppose (happy medium maybe?) I'm not one of those who think Bill Gates is the devil. I simply suspect that if Microsoft ever met up with the devil, it wouldn't need an interpreter

The quickest way to disable the onboard video card without going through the bios would be go into the system properties -> hardware -> device manager -> display adapters -> choose the integrated video card and then select "do not use this device" under device usuage... TMP-Man Asus P5P800-SE PAT P4 506 @ 4009Mhz 1.3625v Thermaltake CLP0024 w/ 1700RPM 92MM + AS5 2GB OCZ 2-3-2-5 DDR400 120GB/300GB 7200RPM HD Leadtek 7600 AGP 590/1600 VF700 ALCU AS5