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agangopa
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posted: Jun. 28, 2008 @ 11:47a

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I have a general question about onboard video driver. I would appreciate it if someone can help with this.
I have a Dimension Quad-Core Inspiron 530 with on board video. Recently from a FW deal, I bought this XFX 8800GT 256 MB card and installed the nVidia driver. Everything is fine, except that the card runs at 100% all the time, and is LOUD. I mean really LOUD, and I hate the noise when I am working. Called XFX, and was told that this card does not have variable fan speed, and they offered to send me an adapter, which presumably downgrade the voltage to the fan to reduce its speed. I don’t like the solution. I don’t know how well it will work, and it may even damage the computer due to excess heat. So I am thinking that I will cut my losses and return the card to the retailer.
So here is my question: I am thinking of uninstalling the nVidia driver first, and then remove the card, and restart the computer. I am assuming that the system will go back to the onboard Intel video. Is that right? Do I need to reinstall the video driver or will vista do that automatically?
Thanks in advance for your help.

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forbin4040
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posted: Jun. 28, 2008 @ 2:34p

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If you didn't do anything when you installed it. Just remove the card and see what happens before you uninstall the driver.

ChinaRider
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posted: Jun. 29, 2008 @ 9:28a

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Follow Col. Forbin's advice. Some other things to think about:

You may have to go into BIOS to re-enable the onboard video, but I doubt it because it doesn't sound like you had to go in there to disable it when you installed your new card.

You shouldn't have to reinstall the driver for the onboard video because you had it installed previously and the OS should recognize it. You never know, though, so be prepared with the driver from Dell's website.

Regarding the fan noise, you have three alternatives. 1 - keep using onboard video. 2 - buy an aftermarket VGA fan that is quieter than the factory-installed fans. 3 - find a passively cooled video card (I have this one and love it. It's comparable in performance to the one you tried but it's no longer available from Newegg. You can search for other passively cooled cards with their power search function. Keep in mind that it needs to fit in your system - heat sinks like that take up a lot of room!).

HotStuff2
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posted: Jun. 29, 2008 @ 9:43a

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If you like the card, then you might consider getting the Arctic Cooling Accelro S1 Rev 2, which is a passive (no fan) cooling solution for video cards. Runs ~$30, and has VERY high reviews.

edit: forgot to mention, you'll also need to make sure you have room for it, since it will take up most of the room for the additional slot next to the video card. Which is why I can't use the Arctic Cooling Accelro S1 Rev 2, as I don't have the free room in my case.

agangopa
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posted: Jun. 30, 2008 @ 8:24a

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Thanks to all of you for being so helpful. I took forbin‘s advise, and just uninstalled the card. The system booted up with the onboard video and the old diver. Terrific! I actually did look into Accelareto S1 Rev2 cooler with turbo. There are a lot of good things mentioned about the cooler on the web. I checked it out at the Microcenter (they sell it for $37), but just like you HotStuff2, it is too big for my case. ChinaRider: I wasn’t able to go to the page with your link. Can you tell me what is name of the card?

buyus
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posted: Jun. 30, 2008 @ 9:58a

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In fact in the BIOS there is an option for On board and external video option. Even if you enable the on board video, as long as you do not remove the graphics card physically from the board, the on board video will not kick in.

Casper42
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posted: Jul. 1, 2008 @ 6:57p

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I found recently if you go into Device Manager and try to "uninstall" (which just means remove) an nVidia card, it yoinks the drivers along with it.

Seems like the cleanest method to me.

Once the card has been removed though, you either have to "Show Hidden Devices" in device manager or else use the installer (Add/Remove Programs) to uninstall the drivers.

If you do decide to leave the drivers installed, I would make sure the nVidia helper programs are disabled or else you might have several nv**** programs running in Task manager that don't need to be running. They don't take alot of CPU/Memory, but every little bit counts right?

agangopa
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posted: Jul. 4, 2008 @ 11:57a

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Thanks for your advice. I uninstalled the nvidia driver. Still looking for a quite video card comparable to what I had.

Casper42 said:I found recently if you go into Device Manager and try to "uninstall" (which just means remove) an nVidia card, it yoinks the drivers along with it.

Seems like the cleanest method to me.

Once the card has been removed though, you either have to "Show Hidden Devices" in device manager or else use the installer (Add/Remove Programs) to uninstall the drivers.

If you do decide to leave the drivers installed, I would make sure the nVidia helper programs are disabled or else you might have several nv**** programs running in Task manager that don't need to be running. They don't take alot of CPU/Memory, but every little bit counts right?