Question for Admin or MTU SUPPORT

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by Wallymeister

Admin:
Display Properties didn't show any tabs, such as Themes, Desktop, Screensaver, Appearance, or Settings.

It is my assumption that the motherboards display was overriding the installed card for some reason.

Wallymeister

That would be my assumption too. Here are the most common keys to hit during boot to get in to the bios that I can remember.

The Delete key is the most common.
Press Delete during boot = AMI, Award BIOS
Press Esc during boot = Toshiba
Press F1 during boot = Toshiba; Phoenix;
Press F10 when cursor jumps to top right-hand corner of screen = Compaq
Press F10 when logo screen is displayed = Compaq
Press F2 during boot = NEC
Press Tab during boot = Emachine
Press Reset button twice = some Dells
Ctrl Alt + = Misc computers
Alt Enter = Dell
Ctrl Alt Esc = AST Advantage, Award, Tandon
Ctrl Alt Ins = Zenith, Phoenix
Ctrl Alt S = Phoenix

Check to see if the computer even sees the additional video card. If not, it may be a bad/incompatible card. If you can see it, select it. If you are still having trouble, re-install the driver/software for the card and try again. No matter what extra cards you have installed, the bios can maker them invisible in windows. The only way to know for sure is to check the bios.

Also it would help to know more about this particular computer. Download and run http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html this will give you a comprehensive list of the hardware and software installed on the computer. Even if you don't continue in this thread, this is a very handy program to have.