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Re: [ecs] PCI and PCIE VGA coexistence ? Mark Gilmore Fri, 04 Nov 2005 09:39:16 -0800

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Hi Richard,
It's an Intel.
These numbers are near the "Intel" label on the motherboard:
         E210882
         D945GCZ

At 09:15 AM 11/4/2005, you wrote:
>What motherboard is it?
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>Richard Yee
>NetBloc Solutions Inc.
>1.888.275.1359
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>Quoting Mark Gilmore <mark1@markgilmore.net>:
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>>Hi all,
>>I was wondering if "anyone" (which usually means Ingo :-)) had a theory 
>>regarding this problem:
>>I am attempting to run Knoppix with both the onboard VGA and a 
>>PCI-EXPRESS VGA card.
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>>When I setup the BIOS to use the onboard VGA as the primary, the PCIE 
>>card does not "appear" on the PCI bus (in /proc/pci (or scanpci).
>>And when I setup the BIOS to use the PCIE VGA as the primary, the onboard 
>>VGA does not appear
>>(though a 3rd PCI/VGA card *will* appear).
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>>To state another way, a primary onboard VGA will make a secondary PCIE 
>>VGA "disappear",
>>and a primary PCIE VGA will make the onboard VGA disappear (but not a 3rd 
>>PCI VGA).
>>
>>Any theories ?
>>Thanks !
>>
>>Mark Gilmore
>>http://OmnipotenceSoftware.com
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Mark Gilmore
http://OmnipotenceSoftware.com 

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