How do I crank the graphics memory past 8 MB on the HP Pavilion 743c?

The graphics says 64MB max but in the BIOS it says 1mb and 8 mb only for the onboard graphics. How do I get it to 64 or even 32

How do I crank the graphics memory past 8 MB on the HP Pavilion 743c?

Graphics memory is in the memory card, while your BIOS configures your motherboard. Unless you are using native video that plays right off the motherboard don't worry about it. If you are using video built into the motherboard and want to crank it up, it's time to upgrade...

How do I crank the graphics memory past 8 MB on the HP Pavilion 743c?

YOU IDIOTS MY ADDITIONAL DETAILS SAID THEY WERE ONBOARD AND YOU PICKED THE ONE THAT SAYS IF YOU HAVE ONBOARD GRAPHICS FORGET IT. IDIOTS!!! Report It

How do I crank the graphics memory past 8 MB on the HP Pavilion 743c?

Ok, according to your specifications sheet for the 743C, you have 512mgs of system memory and the motherboard can support upto a maximum of 1gig total divided across 2 slots. Onboard graphics uses a small portion of available system memory, there are 3 ways to increase the amount of video memory in your machine.

1) install another stick of 512mgs PC2100 DDR memory into the open memory slot which will increase your total system memory to the motherboards maximum supported amount, which in turn will increase the available memory for the video graphics. But, at 512mgs it should already allow you upto 32mgs and the machine isn't, this tells me you have alot of programs running in the background at startup that are draining away available system resources leaving alot less available memory for your onboard graphics. Windows XP takes 128mgs just to run the operating system, other programs that load at startup drain away from the remaining 384mgs, and finally the onboard video computes its share from the remaining space.

2) Determine what other programs are running in the background at startup, figure out what you need and what you don't and disable them. You can check running programs by going to the Start Button, select Run, type in msconfig and pressing enter. The window that opens up will show you all the programs that load at startup. To see if you get more video memory start out using selective startup, disable the option for Load Startup Options. This will prevent all the programs that HP normally loads at startup freeing up additional system resources.

3) According to your system specifications sheet, your system comes with an available AGP port on the motherboard. I recommend you find an AGP card similar to this one: http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?... . This isn't a high end card, but with the age of your machine and the lack of information on the specs sheet, I cannot assume it supports 8x AGP so you need to find a card that can run in a 4x environment like this one. By installing this AGP card you will separate out your video graphics memory to 128mgs of dedicated on graphics card memory freeing up that much more system resources for other tasks.

Formal recommendations in any case for this machine would be doing both options 1 and 3, that way you take your machine to its maximum supported system memory, and install a video graphics card with dedicated memory so it doesn't draw from the remaining system pool. This should get you your optimal results needed and wanted.

----- Added Note: I was reviewing HP's website, there appears also to be a BIOS update that is recommended to be installed which is supposed to correct some kind of video bios issue and bring the video bios upto a new level v2720. I cannot see what the benefits are for this version so I cannot say it will correct your issue. Here is the link to the bios update: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softw... .