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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Graphic cards => Topic started by: debibains2003 on November 08, 2010, 09:00:06 am
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HI
I was having intel 102ggc2 motherboard.
intel pentium d processor and 1 gb ram with windows XP OS.
Control panel>System was showing 896 Mb of ram
I think rest of ram was shared with graphics.
Now i got gigabyte g31-es2l motherboard with same processor , ram and same OS.
Now Control panel>System is showing .99 gb of ram
Graphics are not coming as earlier.
Please help me with this ???
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Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum.
This is just a peculiarity of this chipset and nothing to be worried about. Although I would recommend adding more memory if you can as even XP will run a lot better with more then 1GB.
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can i do like same as earlier ??
sharing the ram with graphics ?
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Can you please just check your motherboard's model number as our system doesn't seem to recognise it.
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Hi Dm,
maybe it is the GA-G31M-ES2L There are 3 revisions of this board. http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2889&dl=1#ov
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If absic is correct regading the model number then yes it does have onboard graphics and as far as I know the memory for that is allocated dynamically so you don't need to specify a particular amount.
If you are asking how to enable the onboard graphics then you have to go into the BIOS and under the Advanced BIOS Features you will find the section called Onboard VGA. If you want to use this you can set it to Always enable.
It is all covered in the manual on page 39
http://download.gigabyte.eu/FileList/Manual/motherboard_manual_ga-g31m-es2l(es2c)_e.pdf
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Onboard VGA is already set to Always enable
but graphics are not coming gud as it was with 102ggc2
Where can i see in XP that its using the onboard graphics or not ???
there will be no sharing of Ram with graphics in this motherboard ?
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Onboard VGA is already set to Always enable
but graphics are not coming gud as it was with 102ggc2
Where can i see in XP that its using the onboard graphics or not ???
there will be no sharing of Ram with graphics in this motherboard ?
If you right click on the desktop and select Properties you can then go to the Display tab and from there you can see what graphics you are using but if you haven't got a GPU installed there is no other than the obnboard option.
As I explained before the memory is shared but is allocated dynamically as needed.
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yea its displaying the same.
this mother board is behaving like old motherboards with no graphics at all
Should i go for external graphics card ??
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Are you saying that you are getting no display at all on booting up?
If so have you checked your monitor is connected and working properly?
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no
i am getting the display
I am able to see movies
but not able to play games as with intel 102ggc2
can u give me the link for all graphics drivers with this motherboard?
how can i uninstal the current graphics drivers ?
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If you can confirm that the board you have is indeed the GA-G31M-ES2L not the one you have posted and also I need the revision number and then I will post you the link to the drivers.