Re: Poweredge 2650 question

Interesting.. I'm running SQL2005 (and SQL 2000 earlier) on a Dell 2800 tower with no problems. I've set up and run a couple of dozen different servers and never used anything other than the built-in video....

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Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services
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JayB wrote:
problem is with those 8mb video cards, it is not enough to properly render the video if that server is running say SQL server management studio, or any other large video display.
i usually always replace the video card in servers. esp in my shop.
since there is no dedicated video slot, i put in a PCI card with 128 or 256mb ram.


Ben Myers wrote:
Hank Arnold wrote:
Ben Myers wrote:
BillW50 wrote:
In news:2zhSl.32186$ho7.30863@xxxxxxxxxxxx,
Tyler David typed on Sun, 24 May 2009 15:51:46 -0400:
Hi,

I have a PowerEdge 2650 server and was wondering if there is anyway to
upgrade the video card. I see no way to disable the onboard video
card in the BIOS.

Many thanks

Well even if there are no ability to turn off the onboard video card in the BIOS. Technically it still should work. As I would expect the following things would happen.

1) Once the BIOS sees the other video card, it might automatically disable the internal video card. Or at worse (or at best - depending on how you look at it), run both at the same time which isn't really a bad thing per se.

2) Once the OS loads up, you should have no problem disabling the one you don't want running. And if you are running Windows, it should remember what you told it to do. If it is running under Linux, you might have to tell it after each reboot.

By the way, why do you want to replace the video card on a server anyway? As it has me curious.


He wants to redeploy it as a workstation? That's the only reason that comes to mind here... Ben Myers

We're talking about a rack mounted server. Not very handy as a workstation....


Good point. Or maybe the owner has an oddly shaped desk? More likely the on-board 8MB ATI graphics does nto handle more modern graphics of some sort... Ben Myers
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