Bless you Mike! I found in the Dell documentation how to disable it in the
bios. What I did was to change on the Video Configuration Menu the Primary
Video Adapter to Onboard from PCI. I was able to go to the Display and
change the bit depth to 256. I now have a yellow! on the Standard PCI
Graphica Adapter but that would be the Radeon ATI card. I then plugged the
monitor into the different spot that would use the motherboard graphics
card. I think my problem is solved! I wonder why the Radeon ATI card was
installed?

It looks like I have only one choice for video card from setting in the
bios -- either the Onboard or the PCI.

Susan

"Mike M" wrote in message
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Susan,

Would this clear up the problem with the Intel and the color depth
problem which is limited to 16?

You colour depth problem has nothing to do with the Intel graphics chip
and or its driver since you say your monitor is connected to an ATI Radeon
graphics card and I suspect you have not installed any drivers for that
card which is working in basic VGA mode. What you need to do is download
and install Win Me drivers for the card from the ATI site (www.ati.com)
after which you should be able to select a resolution and colour depth to
suit your requirements. Disabling the Intel graphics chip in the bios
would remove this from the Device Manager.

Do I need to go to Dell documentation
somewhere to figure out how to disable it in the BIOS?

If unfamiliar with the bios options then yes that would be a very good
idea.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Susan wrote:

Would this clear up the problem with the Intel and the color depth
problem which is limited to 16? Do I need to go to Dell documentation
somewhere to figure out how to disable it in the BIOS?