[OT] MB BIOS Screwed Up

Lennart Sorensen lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Wed May 11 15:24:59 UTC 2011


On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 10:37:19AM -0400, Stephen wrote:
> This is for a Linux machine so not totally OT.
> 
> I built a new machine for the 11.04 Ubuntu. I used an ASUS MB that
> had the new Sandy Bridge chip set.
> 
> Unfortunately, the Ubuntu drivers are still buggy.
> 
> Si I added a video card with an NVidia chip.
> 
> BIOS still sent video through MB VGA port.
> 
> In BIOS I found that I could set primary video, and I chose the
> setting PCI/iGPU
> 
> But now I get no video from either VGA port.
> 
> The manual instructs to switch the CLRTC jumper for 10 seconds to
> clear the CMOS. I did this but it had no effect.
> 
> I followed step two that included removing the MB battery and then
> moving the jumper again.
> 
> So I am totally stuck.
> 
> I sent a tech support request to ASUS.
> 
> Any further ideas/suggestions most appreciated.

If you remove the video card it should use the internal video again no
matter what.

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