Disabling onboard VGA on m598 motherboard with SiS530 chipset

[Guest_imported]

I am using a pc100 m598 motherboard sis530 chipset and I want to disable the onboard graphics but 'canny do it captain!' can somebody please help me to sort this out. There is nothing in the bios to disable the sucka! so I sit scratching me heed!
Post me a reply to loony_hawkeye@hotmail.com

 

[CitrixEngineer]

If you're running Windows 9x/ME/2000 this shouldn't matter, since these OS/es can cope with multiple graphics adapters. As a bonus, the desktop can be split across multiple monitors without the need for specialist cards (Matrox dualhead, etc), should you wish.

I found the manual here

http://www.pcchips.com.tw/M598LMR.html

...but it's a very slow link, and I could find nothing really helpful in it.

What happens if you put in another graphics card and just ignore the on-board one? Or what happends if you put in a PCI graphics card and disable the AGP graphics in the BIOS?

I hope this helps

 

[JBaptista]

Hi ! If you still wants to....

To avoid the onboard video controller you will need a Video PCI card. Then you swap your RAM (DIMM strip) leaving your DIMM1 slot empty. When you boot, change BIOS option of Shared Memory Size (Advanced Chipset Setup screen) to ZERO.

Bingo ! PCI VGA card takes place, no RAM lost to BIOS, no CPU power lost to video function.

I've done it several times, without problems.

Good luck, asta la vista.