Switching between Graphics Cards

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Assuming my PC's built-in graphics card is connected to one monitor using VGA and from the same PC another external graphics card is connected to another monitor using a DVI. How can I from Windows switch between these to monitors at will?

[Swapnil]

Assuming my PC's built-in graphics card is connected to one monitor using VGA and from the same PC another external graphics card is connected to another monitor using a DVI. How can I from Windows switch between these to monitors at will?

Is the PC you are talking about is same one that's in your profile, the one with G31 motherboard? If yes then you cannot do it without rebooting your PC and go into bios everytime.

On Intel 70,80,90 series motherboards that suports Lucidlogix Virtu or VirtuMVP technology it can be done within windows.

[йЦммєя³¹]

Is the PC you are talking about is same one that's in your profile, the one with G31 motherboard? If yes then you cannot do it without rebooting your PC and go into bios everytime.

On Intel 70,80,90 series motherboards that suports Lucidlogix Virtu or VirtuMVP technology it can be done within windows.

Yes. Same mobo. From where in BIOS exactly?

[Swapnil]

Yes. Same mobo. From where in BIOS exactly?

Bios -> Advanced -> Chipset -> Initiate Graphic Adapter [PEG/PCI]

From ther select "IGD" to use motherboard's built-in graphics card, select "PEG/IGD" to use the external graphics card attached to the PCI-Express slot. Note that, switching with this method doesn't actually switch between monitors, it switches between the entire graphics cards. For example, when you switch to the PCI-Express graphics card the built-in graphics card will be completely disabled and won't even show up in the device manager.

[йЦммєя³¹]

Bios -> Advanced -> Chipset -> Initiate Graphic Adapter [PEG/PCI]

From ther select "IGD" to use motherboard's built-in graphics card, select "PEG/IGD" to use the external graphics card attached to the PCI-Express slot. Note that, switching with this method doesn't actually switch between monitors, it switches between the entire graphics cards. For example, when you switch to the PCI-Express graphics card the built-in graphics card will be completely disabled and won't even show up in the device manager.

Right on! That's exactly what I was about to ask. Off-topic but I am using CM QuickFire TK and when booting PC I need to press Del to get to BIOS but this KB seems to be deactivated until windows loads. Any way around it?

[Swapnil]

Right on! That's exactly what I was about to ask. Off-topic but I am using CM QuickFire TK and when booting PC I need to press Del to get to BIOS but this KB seems to be deactivated until windows loads. Any way around it?

The usual solution for USB keyboard not working to access BIOS is to plugging it into a native USB 2.0 port and enabling "Legacy USB Support" in BIOS. But for your keyboard you might have to disable NKRO in the keyboard too. For that you will have to consult to your keyboard documentation.