The video adapter is a special board that displays information on the computer screen in the form of an image. The video adapter plugs into the motherboard and is recognized by the BIOS ("Basic Input / Output System") firmware, which is the first to run when the computer is turned on. However, in some cases, the BIOS does not "see" the connected card. In this case, it must be enabled manually through the BIOS.
Necessary
Operating system computer, video adapter
Instructions
Step 1
Turn on or restart (depending on what state it is in) your personal computer. After pressing the power button or restarting the computer, periodically press the DEL or F2 key. After the key is pressed, you will be taken to the BIOS program menu.
Step 2
Look through the BIOS sections, find the section with the menu on the video adapter settings. Since there are a lot of BIOS options, just focus on the words Video, Graphic, Display, VGA. In this section, you need to configure the boot of the new video card first, and also restore, if necessary, all the broken settings.
Step 3
To do this, set the settings as follows. By type of video card - VGA. In points - Primary Display, Video. By connection bus - depending on the type of bus on which the required video card is connected: PEG (PCI Express 16x), IGD (integrated graphics core), PCI, AGP. In paragraphs - Boot Graphic Adapter Priority, Booting Graphic Adapter Priority, Graphic Adapter Priority, Init Display First, Init. Graphic Adapter Priority, Initiate Graphic Adapter, Primary Display Adapter, Primary Graphics Adapter, Primary VGA BIOS, Primary Video Adapter, Primary Video Device, VGA BIOS Sequence, VGA Boot From.
Step 4
Having configured the items that are in the BIOS version of the motherboard, in accordance with the video card, exit the BIOS firmware through the "Save & Exit Setup" item, select the "Exit & Save Changes" option and confirm the saving of the changes by clicking the "Yes" button. After rebooting, the installed video adapter will turn on.
