Primary display on MSI KT266 pro

[Guest]

hello

My previous graphic board was a Matrox mystique attached on PCI slot on MSI KT266 pro main board

I add a new AGP ATI 9600 pro graphic board to this system and try to keep the 2 boards online.
ATI board is defined as primary in windows, but during boot sequence there is no display at all since Bios assume PCI slot is the primary.
Display start only after complete windows initialization.
I have not found any bios parameter to change this.

Is there a way to force AGP slot as primary graphic ?

Thank for your help

 

[Christian Atteneder]

I add a new AGP ATI 9600 pro graphic board to this system and try to keep

the 2 boards online.
ATI board is defined as primary in windows, but during boot sequence there
is no display at all since Bios
assume PCI slot is the primary.
Display start only after complete windows initialization.
I have not found any bios parameter to change this.

Is there a way to force AGP slot as primary graphic ?

This board has an AMI-Bios doesn't it? In BIOS go to "PNP/PCI Configuration"
and toggle the menu item "Primary Graphics Adapter". This should do the
trick.

HTH
Chris

 

[Guest]

There is no such sub-menu in this version of AMI bios, only :
Plug and play Aware O/S
Clear NVRAM
PCI latency timer
PCI IDE BusMaster
PCI Slot1/5 IRQ
PCI slot2 IRQ
PCI Slot3 IRQ
PCI Slot4 IRQ

It why I am asking this question.

 

[First of One]

That's quite unusual, actually. Even my $50 ECS K7S5A had this option. Do
you have the latest BIOS for your M/B?

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There is no such sub-menu in this version of AMI bios, only :
Plug and play Aware O/S
Clear NVRAM
PCI latency timer
PCI IDE BusMaster
PCI Slot1/5 IRQ
PCI slot2 IRQ
PCI Slot3 IRQ
PCI Slot4 IRQ

It why I am asking this question.

 

[Christian Atteneder]

There is no such sub-menu in this version of AMI bios, only :

Plug and play Aware O/S
Clear NVRAM
PCI latency timer
PCI IDE BusMaster
PCI Slot1/5 IRQ
PCI slot2 IRQ
PCI Slot3 IRQ
PCI Slot4 IRQ

It why I am asking this question.

That's really odd. I downloaded the manual from the MSI homepage and there
it shows this menu item at the right spot. Do you have a noname PC or some
kind of brand? Some manufacturers use special, dumbed-down BIOS version, so
that users cannot overclock or do other harm to a system.
You could update your BIOS but this is indeed a very risky thing to do - it
could render your PC useless. Especially when your computer uses a
non-standard BIOS version.
I don't know what advice I should give you. You have just four choices:

1. Live with it
2. Remove the PCI card
3. Update your BIOS
4. Buy a new board

4 could be also necessary if 3 fails ;-)

Good luck,
Chris