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How to Auto Detect a Graphics

Card
by B. Steele, Demand Media
Installing a dedicate graphics card is a great performance
upgrade for your office PCs, even if your business doesnt
involve video editing or other graphics-intensive work.
Graphics cards contain their own on-board processors and
memory, and remove the burden of rendering graphics and
video from your computers CPU and RAM. However, if
integrated video is enabled in your systems Basic
Input/Output System, or BIOS, your computer may not initialize
the graphics card at boot.
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Step 1
Reboot your computer and press the appropriate key to enter
BIOS, or setup as its sometimes called. The key you need to
use for this appears briefly on the screen as the computer
boots up, but common keys are F1, ESC and Delete.
Step 2
Use your arrow keys to locate the On-board Devices,
Integrated Peripherals, Advanced or Video section. The exact
location varies depending on BIOS vendor and version. The
appropriate menu enables you to disable or enable integrated
or dedicated graphics, and may offer an auto-detect option.
Related Reading: How to Tell If Your PC Graphics Card Is Going
Bad
Step 3
Enable the auto-detect option, if available. Otherwise, enable
the Dedicated or Discrete video card option. You may also
need to specify which slot the card is installed in, which is
commonly PCI or PCI Express. Look at your graphics cards
user manual or retail packaging for the slot type if youre
unsure. Depending on your computer and BIOS, you may have
to disable your integrated video in order to enable the graphics
card.
Step 4
Press Esc until you arrive at the main menu, and then press
the appropriate key to save and exit, which is usually F10.
The system reboots.
Step 5
Unplug your video cable from the computers integrated
graphics port, and then plug it into your graphics card.
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Warning
Make sure you also install an appropriate graphics card driver,
if you havent already done so. The display may appear
distorted until you do.

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About the Author
A writer and proofreader since 2006, B. Steele also works as an
IT Help Desk analyst, specializing in consumer and business
user tech support. She earned a B.A. in English and journalism

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from Roger Williams University. Steele also holds certifications

as a Microsoft-certified desktop support technician, Microsoft
-certified IT professional, Windows 7 enterprise support
technician and CompTIA A+ IT technician.
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