I bought a gainward 7600GT card and checked my motherboard's manual to make sure it has a PCIe slot and not just AGP or PCI. I have a Dell 3100 the m/board model is 82915G/Gv/910GL.
The documents with the video card said to beware because "some m/boards violate specifications" and so the card may not physically fit.
This sounds ridiculous to me and I can't believe there is not a universal PCIe slot. My motherboard's looks like ---- --- but the card looks like ----- (if that makes sense).
Can someone explain this? I just don't get it are Dell just being really annoying?
2007-06-13 20:00:31 · 3 answers · asked by conda 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
OK I know what has happened now. There is a PCIe x1 slot (with cards that fit) and PCIe x16, also with corresponding cards. I bought x16 card but only have x1 slot. Oh well live and learn.
2007-06-14 14:25:51 · update #1
The PCIe slots always have a key towards the back end of the PC. See photo below (bottom slot is PCI).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fc/PCIExpress.jpg/250px-PCIExpress.jpg
The Gainward 7600GT in photo below has the corresponding notch aligned w/ the key on the PCIe slot.
http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/video/gain-2.html
What is odd here is that you seem to have the right PCIe slot on your mother board but the wrong pin configuration on your 7600GT. Better inspect your 7600GT very well and compare it w/ photos on the web. You might have gotten a card w/ a partly broken connector.
2007-06-14 02:41:20 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That desktop has a PCIe slot so I guess you mean the card don't fit in the case. If that's so there isn't much you can do as changing to a bigger case will void any warranty you may have.
That's another reason I hate dell's the cases are so cramped up leaving you with no space at all for upgrades.
2007-06-14 07:11:45 · answer #2 · answered by INOA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the pcie looks like -- -------- then with a little clamp at the end of it, are u sure ur putting in right?, the gold pins should line up with the mobo pcie socket, and if im not correct, ur motherboard has an agp slot not a pcie, u must be looking at the pci slot, u must have looked somewhere wrong to get that info
http://big5.tomshardware.com/NewsImages/2004/0000860/pic-agp-pcie-cards.jpg
2007-06-14 04:05:23 · answer #3 · answered by kingajs 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋