Posted November 15, 200618 yr FUCK So i got the video card in today and ... there's no where to put it in ? I cant take pics becuase i dont have a digi cam atm. These are the specs of the pc http://www.shopping.com/xPF-HP-Compaq-A305W-Intel-Celeron-2-7GHz-256MB-DDR-40GB-HDD-CD-RW-10-100Mbps-LAN-Support-Wind~r-1~CLT-INTR~RFR-www.google.com?convertedToHyphens=true And it says 3 PCI slots available. So i bought this card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Custra...82E16814103167 And the slots dont fit .... As you can see on the card there are 3 separate areas of contact, but on mother board there are only 2. Looks like this http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/1336/mb880800ge9.jpg So do i have the wrong card? Or are the specs of the pc wrong ? Im very confused and fustrated
November 15, 200618 yr Your links are broken. But im guessing that you brought the wrong card. I guess you got a PCI-X card instead of a PCI-e.
November 15, 200618 yr You need a PCI-e x16 slot. My guess is you have 3 PCI slots. The PCI-e x16 slot is usually laid back from the PCI slots. You need a new motherboard or PC. http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/8968/myg0tnubfj7.jpg Edit: After looking through the tech specs of your machine you don't have a AGP or PCI-e x16 slot.... "You need a new motherboard or PC." Expansion Slots PCI x 3 - HP site /Typo
November 15, 200618 yr gg doing no research before you buy. Anyway yeah you need a new motherboard. Make sure you find out what pin type your current processor uses and buy a motherboard that it will fit into. You dont wanna get a motherboard you cant use.
November 16, 200618 yr RIFK! HP You have NO apg or PCI-e slot on your pc. Failed. Cant add a video card to this pc.
November 17, 200618 yr try putting it in the dvd/cd drive or in the RAM slot. It's almost the same and you will get extra RAM from the video card.
November 20, 200618 yr If your still alive, then I have found you a PCI graphics card: http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=23177600300&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X3NwZWNpZmljYXRpb25z&product_uid=97991 Device Type - Graphics adapter Interface Type - PCI Graphics Processor / Vendor -ATI Radeon 9250 Core Clock Speed - 240 MHz RAMDAC Clock Speed - 400 MHz API Supported - OpenGL, DirectX 9.0 Video Memory Installed ( Max ) - 128 MB - DDR SDRAM Video Output - 2048 x 1536 TV Interface - TV out
November 22, 200618 yr http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7638292&type=product&id=1130987962366 much better i can play bf2 on medium with no lag
November 22, 200618 yr Thats a waste of money. You need to ditch that whole setup and get a new tower.
November 27, 200618 yr hahahaha u need to get the right type of card, normaly old mobos are AGP alot of new ones have pci-e but really really really old ones only have pci, so u need to get the right one that will fit your mobo
November 28, 200618 yr hahahaha u need to get the right type of card, normaly old mobos are AGP alot of new ones have pci-e but really really really old ones only have pci, so u need to get the right one that will fit your mobo Oldish thread and the answers have already been posted many times stop trying to work on ur post count!
