Ok, I know this is going to be somewhat of an obscure question since it refers to a long out-of-date Dell PC that was generally only supplied to companies, but here goes -
I've got an old Dell Optiplex Gn+ PC, its a P-233MMX with onboard network and video. I want to hook it up to a television so I've bought an old video card from a supplier with TV out (just wanting the minimum spec with tv out and preferably no fan, so ended up with a PCI Radeon 7000 card) to install.
However, when it's plugged in and the computer booted up I can't get a picture from either the built-in video out or the new card.
The documentation suggests disabling any on-board video but I can't find a setting for this in the BIOS.
I'm not really up on my history re: PCI cards - did the format of them change at some point between the Gn+ being produced and the Radeon which would prevent them working together?
Any help or suggestion really would be much appreciated.
Thanks all,
Dan.
I've got an old Dell Optiplex Gn+ PC, its a P-233MMX with onboard network and video. I want to hook it up to a television so I've bought an old video card from a supplier with TV out (just wanting the minimum spec with tv out and preferably no fan, so ended up with a PCI Radeon 7000 card) to install.
However, when it's plugged in and the computer booted up I can't get a picture from either the built-in video out or the new card.
The documentation suggests disabling any on-board video but I can't find a setting for this in the BIOS.
I'm not really up on my history re: PCI cards - did the format of them change at some point between the Gn+ being produced and the Radeon which would prevent them working together?
Any help or suggestion really would be much appreciated.
Thanks all,
Dan.