Boot sequence in XP Home

I have a
Compaq Presario S5000NX
Windows XP Home SP 3
Intel 82845G Display

I want to replace the Intel display with a ATI PCI 8M Rage card.

In Bios settings the choices are:
CD-ROM DRIVE
+HARD DRIVE
Bootable Add-in Cards
St340015-(PM)
+REMOVABLE DEVICES
Legacy Floppy Drives
NETWORK BOOT

I have the HARD DRIVE choice 1st and Bootable Add-in Cards highlighted and saved.

When I boot up with the ATI card inserted and hooked up with the cable the computer beeps and doesn't boot. If I rehook the cable to the onboard display it will still beep until I remove the ATI card.

Is there another Bios setup that I should use?

 

I'm sorry but you are not reading my facts correctly. Please re-read my statements, everything is there.

 

Trying a shotgun approach:
1) is there a BIOS setting for the slot the video card is in?
2) can the power supply take the extra load?
3) try another slot
4) strip the computer, even the HDD, one stick of RAM and see if it posts

 

Yes. You need to either disable onboard video or select the PCI card as primary video output, depending upon your BIOS options.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...tegory&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=359576#N337

 

Thank you Just Playin for the URL. That is an excellent site for changing the video display card.

The problem that I am having is I don't have a choice of disabling the onboard video in Bios. That is not shown in the Bios advance tab. The onboard video is not removable. I have the Removable Add-in cards as the first choice but when I boot up the computer beeps. It is still looking for the onboard video even when I have the Add-in cards as first choice in Bios.

 

Have you tried two monitors, one on the onboard, the other on the card. Then see if you can get things working?

 

Ignore the boot menu. Do not change it from the default. It has nothing to do with the video card. Nothing. That only changes where your computer looks for an operating system.

Just hook up the monitor to your video card and turn it on.

 

DOA
I tried using two monitors and that didn't help.

Just Playin
I hooked up the monitor directly to the video card and got a black screen. If what you say is true, I'm sure it's true with all your experience, then the ATI video card is not compatable.


Plodr
I did have a USB Puppy bootable drive. That booted fine. There is a thought there. Maybe I should make a bootable ATI USB?



Thanks to all MajorGeek concerned members.

 

Is there any input on how to make a PORTABLE USB FLASH DRIVE?

 

I misspoke there. It should be Bootable USB flash drive.

 

sounds like you either have a bad video card or a bad pci slot if you have another pci slot open try putting it there and see if it works. if it doesnt then most likely the video card is bad.

 

The beeps are BIOS AWARD one long two short.

I tried a different card slot with the same outcome. The card is brand new from an unopened plastic sleeve.

 

Use canned air to blow out the slots, as they may be dusty, then reseat the card.

 

I think the whole problem is the installed Graphics Control driver. The driver is not listed in the Device Manager video display. I tried to update the driver with no success.