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Hey,

I'm having trouble disabling the onboard memory on my computer to make use of a video card I'd like to install. In the bios, the only options are the amounts of shared memory allocated (512K or 1M), but no "Disable" option. It's currantly conflicting with the video card.

Here's what I'm running:

1.2G Celeron
256MB RAM
82801AA Intel Motherboard
82810E Intel Graphics Controller
GeForce 4 MX420 PCI (a least I'd like to run this)
Windows XP Pro
Phoenix Technology BIOS
2 Slots for RAM
3 PCI slots
All drivers for the GeForce Card and Onboard Video

Stuff I've tryed:

1. Remove the jumpers on the video memory.
There are none.

2. Manually disabling the onboard video via device manager.
This will allow me to use the video card, but it crashes. And won't restart until I remove the card.

3. Uninstalling the onboard video drivers.
Same results as #2, and XP reinstalls the drivers automaticaly.

Removing the CMOS battery for 30 min.
Same as #2, and I had to reset the time and date.

Please help.

Thanks.

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