Two ATI cards, different genus, diff drivers. Will it work?

[zapp22]

gang this actually has to do with a slightly older generation HP sr2170nx, which has embedded ATI x1100 series vid parts, and has PCI Express x16 graphics slot. when a ati 5450-based card is added into the system, no worky.
I'm just wondering if I need to "uninstall" and/or disable the onboard AND remove the embedded device's drivers?
anyone know?

 

[stormy13]

You're going to have to uninstall the drivers for and disable in the bios the onboard video, as it uses a different driver model than the HD 5450. For why,

http://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-cards/112769-mixing-up-geforce-gtx-260-geforce-fx-5500-a.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-...-ati-card-works-win7-64-available-amazon.html

Basically the driver for the onboard is stopping the driver for the card to work.

 

[zapp22]

ok that was what I figured. we'll give it a shot tonight