Hello.My friend got this computer, it has onboard video with an AGP Slot.So he put the AGP card in, and it wouldnt display, and he put it back into the onboard, and it works. So he tried to set the "Share Memory Size" in bios to NONE. Now his computer makes a few beeping noises when you power it up and displays "Sync. Out of Range".Can someone please help us?

Well, I'd get back in the Bios and reset what you changed so that the system will boot again...Does your Bios also have a place to indicate AGP/PCI or PCI/AGP preference ? If so, did you tell it to look for AGP first?Did you uninstall the original video drivers and install the current ones for the new card ?I'm no expert, but I sure make sure and read and ask questions BEFORE I start tweaking things :-)You should really post ALL the info on his/your system so others can have a better shot at helping...Good luck,

If the MOBO has an on-board graphics adapter and an AGP slot, then you must disable the on-board graphics adapter in BIOS. Also, since the on-board graphics adapter doesn't have graphics memory chips like a plug-in card does, you have to allow the on-board to use your computer's RAM. That is what the "Shared Memory Size" is all about.I recommend you review all the options in the computer BIOS for the graphics adapter. First, open the computer case, start the computer, enter BIOS, disable the on-board graphics adapter, exit BIOS, and it will ask if you want to save the changes, accept/select YES. The computer will reboot. It should detect no graphics adapter and possibly not boot. Turn the computer OFF. Install the plug-in graphics adapter.Restart the computer, let it boot to Windows. If it asks to install drivers, exit don't install. It should automatically install Windows default drivers. Once you have Windows loaded open the control panel, Add/Remove Programs Menu. Search for any drivers for your on-board graphics adapter and uninstall them. You may have to reboot the computer.Install the drivers that came with the plug-in card. Remember, updated drivers may be available from the card manufacturer or graphics chips maker, NVidia or ATI.Lastly, make sure you have updated drivers for the MOBO's controller chips, i.e., Intel, VIA, SiS, AMD, ALi. Ensure you are using directX 9.0b. Press start, run..., type dxdiag, OK. Let directx diagnostic stabilize and review the version installed.W. Sieffert

Good one WS :-)Just to note, I found that "dxdiag.exe" does not work with WinXP. It will run, but info is said to be unreliable.Have you seen a new version for XP ? I have not had any luck finding an update for XPdiag so far.

DirectX9.0b is the latest. If you are having problems, I would reinstall DirectX. Visit http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en and download the redistributable. Sometimes the directx end-user download hiccups. You could try the end-user first to see if it corrects your problem - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en .W. Sieffert

Not talking about "DirectX9" I'm talking about "DxDiag" :-)