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Bad on-board video, Can't see to set BIOS

Asked by farsight in Miscellaneous Hardware, Video Cards

Tags: video, bios, bad, see

One of my older computers has a problem. I think the on-board video adapter quit.
There were earlier indications that it was going bad. When I left the computer on for very long times, the monitor would complain of no-video-signal. A reboot would bring it back.
(I verified by trying a working monitor on this computer -- still doesn't work; and by trying the original monitor on another computer, which works fine.)
I suppose the computer itself may be completely dead, though. Possible, but unlikely, I think.

The computer is a HP Pavilion 8570C.
The specs say it has "ATI Rage Pro Turbo graphics with AGP slot".

The BIOS info ( http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?product=58698&lang=en&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&docname=bph04778 ) indicates that there is probably a "Default Primary Video Adapter" setting on the "Advanced" menu.

I'd love to just plug in a cheap video card and see it work. Is it likely this will work?
If not, how can I reliably change my BIOS setting without seeing it?

Can't see it, so I can't set it.
Can't set it, so I can't see it.
Help me out of this infinite loop!

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Bad on-board video, Can't see to set BIOS

Asked by farsight in Miscellaneous Hardware, Video Cards

Tags: video, bios, bad, see

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