Pentium G630 + Dell 660 (0XFWHV)

[turquato]

Hello guys!

 

I have a Pentium G630, a Dell 660 (0xfwhv) mini-itx motherboard, a Palit GT210 low profile/small form factor graphics card, and two (2) sticks of DDR3 1066mhz ram...all of which are inside a slim case I have salvaged from the dumpster.

 

My question.....how do I disable the onboard graphics? I can't seem to find the options in the BIOS as to how I can disable the igfx.

 

I know that once a graphics card is installed, it is automatically being recognized & used by the system. However, I would like a dedicated graphics card for my video output.

 

Would love to hear from you guys.

 

 

Paul

[zanthros]

Are you having a problem with the card being recognized by the system? It is not always automatic. Have you given it a try?

[turquato]

1 minute ago, zanthros said:

Are you having a problem with the card being recognized by the system? It is not always automatic. Have you given it a try?

No, not really. It has been running fine for now. Though I am having issues with bluestacks2 as it detects the built in graphics instead of the GPU.

[Russy]

29 minutes ago, turquato said:

Hello guys!

 

I have a Pentium G630, a Dell 660 (0xfwhv) mini-itx motherboard, a Palit GT210 low profile/small form factor graphics card, and two (2) sticks of DDR3 1066mhz ram...all of which are inside a slim case I have salvaged from the dumpster.

 

My question.....how do I disable the onboard graphics? I can't seem to find the options in the BIOS as to how I can disable the igfx.

 

I know that once a graphics card is installed, it is automatically being recognized & used by the system. However, I would like a dedicated graphics card for my video output.

 

Would love to hear from you guys.

 

 

Paul

Hello Paul,

 

Do you know what BIOS Revision it is running?

to find this out it should display BIOS Rev. 1.x.x when starting up

 

cheers

Zac

[zanthros]

As far as I know of there is no way to turn off the onboard card in the bios. That is what comes in the Dell. complete control of the system with little options to change things. You can however disable the onboard in the device manager. Give it a try........

[Russy]

5 minutes ago, zanthros said:

As far as I know of there is no way to turn off the onboard card in the bios. That is what comes in the Dell. complete control of the system with little options to change things. You can however disable the onboard in the device manager. Give it a try........

Somewhat correct, it is dependant on the BIOS Revision/Version which is running - However it should be automatically detecting which video output to use

[zanthros]

1 minute ago, Russy said:

Somewhat correct, it is dependant on the BIOS Revision/Version which is running - However it should be automatically detecting which video output to use

So you are saying that a later bios on the system will enable the OP to disable the onboard video in the BIOS?

 

[zanthros]

The only version that is shown on the dell site for the system is the A11 version which may be the original one it came with as no others are listed and it is dated Nov. 19 2013

[turquato]

10 minutes ago, Russy said:

Hello Paul,

 

Do you know what BIOS Revision it is running?

to find this out it should display BIOS Rev. 1.x.x when starting up

 

cheers

Zac

According to CPU-Z

BIOS Version is A11.
Chipset Rev. is 09
Southbridge Rev. is 04

[Russy]

6 minutes ago, zanthros said:

So you are saying that a later bios on the system will enable the OP to disable the onboard video in the BIOS?

 

Correct

 

Depending on the BIOS Version which is running you may/may not the advanced tab.

 

Advanced Menu > Chipset > Southbridge Config/Settings

From there, you should have something along the lines of Primary Graphics adapter / Main Graphics Adapter

 

5 minutes ago, zanthros said:

The only version that is shown on the dell site for the system is the A11 version which may be the original one it came with as no others are listed and it is dated Nov. 19 2013

The A11 revision may/may not have it, can't flash a machine at the moment to try it out

 

 

Cheers

[turquato]

11 minutes ago, zanthros said:

As far as I know of there is no way to turn off the onboard card in the bios. That is what comes in the Dell. complete control of the system with little options to change things. You can however disable the onboard in the device manager. Give it a try........

I have tried uninstalling the driver and also disabled the Intel Graphics to no avail. It just re-installs itself every time the PC boots. It is still detected while disabled....I'm not sure why.

[zanthros]

If the bios has the advanced tab as @Russy says then give it a try first.

[turquato]

6 minutes ago, zanthros said:

The only version that is shown on the dell site for the system is the A11 version which may be the original one it came with as no others are listed and it is dated Nov. 19 2013

Mine says Oct. 14, 2013 ...might as well check the one you are viewing...can you give me a link to that site please? thanks

[zanthros]

Try the bios advanced tab is it is listed first. If not, boot into the OS and just disable the Intel graphics. Do not take out the driver.

[turquato]

5 minutes ago, Russy said:

Correct

 

Depending on the BIOS Version which is running you may/may not the advanced tab.

 

Advanced Menu > Chipset > Southbridge Config/Settings

From there, you should have something along the lines of Primary Graphics adapter / Main Graphics Adapter

 

The A11 revision may/may not have it, can't flash a machine at the moment to try it out

 

 

Cheers

I do have the advanced menu on the BIOS settings. However, any graphics related option is not available.

[Russy]

4 minutes ago, turquato said:

I do have the advanced menu on the BIOS settings. However, any graphics related option is not available.

Do you have Chipset options? @turquato

[turquato]

3 minutes ago, zanthros said:

If the bios has the advanced tab as @Russy says then give it a try first.

I have been in the BIOS, but I do not see options in the advanced menu to disable the on-board graphics

[zanthros]

Here ya go.

LINK!

 

Make sure you follow the instructions to the letter and DO NOT TURN OFF THE SYSTEM. Unless directed to by the software.

[turquato]

1 minute ago, Russy said:

Do you have Chipset options? @turquato

@Russyno, I don't have the chipset option

[turquato]

3 minutes ago, zanthros said:

Here ya go.

LINK!

 

Make sure you follow the instructions to the letter and DO NOT TURN OFF THE SYSTEM. Unless directed to by the software.

thanks @zanthros ...will do

[zanthros]

If the problem still persists and you really want to use an add in card the solution might be to use a different processor. I am not sure that the board will support it but the i5-2380P has no IGP in it and it is a sandy bridge processor. Read this : Sandy bridge with no graphics  Like I said IT may not work on your motherboard as it is not a processor that was available for the Dell 660, so do it at your own risk. I say that cause you will be out the $$$ spent on the try. I have done worse and came out better.

[turquato]

1 minute ago, zanthros said:

If the problem still persists and you really want to use an add in card the solution might be to use a different processor. I am not sure that the board will support it but the i5-2380P has no IGP in it and it is a sandy bridge processor. Read this : Sandy bridge with no graphics  Like I said IT may not work on your motherboard as it is not a processor that was available for the Dell 660, so do it at your own risk. I say that cause you will be out the $$$ spent on the try. I have done worse and came out better.

Thanks!

By the way, I tried to install that BIOS update to no avail. It said "The system is different between current system and ROM file."

maybe because I was running windows 10 x64?

Will try to find a different processor, depending on the availability. I might buy used processors, I don't plan on spending too much on this anyway.