Video Card Installation Tips

Just purchased new 8600GTS video card and will be installing on a brand new Compaq SR5410F computer. Intel Core2 Duo, 4GB RAM, Windows Vista Home Premium (SP1), PCIe slot. What I need is a step by step guide on how to install this from the very beginning, starting with uninstalling the current video drivers and disabling the onboard graphics controller. If anyone wouldnt mind pointing me in that direction or listing here, that would be great.
Thanks.

Imdy
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Basically, you just open up your case and push your card down into the slot, making sure it goes all the way in. If it doesn't fit, that means you're putting it into the wrong slot or you've misaligned something.

REMEMBER not to force the card in if it doesn't work. Take a good look at it and if in doubt, it is best to take it to a repair person or to post some photos up here and we could take a look at it.


As for disabling old drivers, you go into device manager and find your old card in the list. Then, you right click on it and click disable.

It might be a good idea to backup your stuff because one after installing a GeForce 4200, my friends computer just went blah. All of his stuff was plugged in and everything, but XP just died. I suspected a compatibility issue, so just in case you might have any of those problems, I suggest that you backup all of your stuff onto an external hard drive or something.