APG slot??????

[jetb123]

what is a apg slot and how do i find out if i have one i got a dell dimesion 2400 widowns xp 2.4ghz intel pentium4 128mb ram 40 gb 3d graphics vid card it is connected to my mother board thats what people tell me can  i upgrade to a nivda????  plese help i now nothing about computers i have 3 pci ports on the back of my computer this is what my system board has:i am reading this out of owners manual it has a main power connector sd drive connector a floopy drive connector control panel connector batery socket cmos jumper front panel i/0 connector pci slots(pci1,pci2,pci3) and  it has  cd audio caonnector modem telaphony connector 12-v power connector mircoproceser connector fan caonnector memory modul connectors(DDr1,DDR2 thats all is say about that and its say i can add cards and this is my appendix from owners manual mircoproccessor type Intel petium 4 or celeron L1 cache 8kb first level (pentium4or celeron l2 cache 256-512-kb (displays the system setup program) pipelined-burst,eight way set associate write back sram (pentium4)       128kb sram that resides in the processor's core the l2 cache runs at the proccesor internal clock speed celeron System information: system chip size intel 845gv dma channel eight inturrupt channels 24aipc mode system bios chip 4 mb(512kb) system clock 400- or 533-mhz data rate contiued on next post......

[jetb123]

expansion bus: bus types pci bus speed pci 33 mhz pci connectors 3 pci connector size 120 pins pci connector data witdh 32 bits (maxium) memory: archiecture DDr sdram memory connectors  two memory capacites 128-256, or 512mb
minimum memory 128 mb shared ddr sdram (thats what i got)note: between 32 and 64 mb of systemmemory may be allocated to support graphics depending on your system memory size and other factors maxiumum memory 1 gb memory type pc2100(266-mhz) or pc2700(333-mhz DDr sdram(non ecc)Drives: two 5.25inch bays one 3.5 bay internall accesbile one bay for 1 inch hihg ide hard drive  Ports and connectors externaly accesible serial: 9-pin connector 16550c-compatible  parallel: 25 hole conector bidirectional  Video: 15 hole connector  Keyboard: 6 pin mini din connector same for mouse two front panel and four back panel usb 2.0 complaiant connectors  network: RJ-45  audio three back minature connectors for line in line out and mircophone  Headphone one front minature connector for line out   video video controller intergrated intel 3d extrem graphics(plese dont say this means i can upgrade:(    audio: intergrated audio network controller intergrated 10/100 ethernet thats about it help!!!!!!! plesese:confused:

[Roscoroo]

"video controller intergrated intel 3d extrem graphics"

this means you have onboard (intergrated ) graphics built into your mainboard . (this can be disabled in the bios and a video card added on most of the faster pc's)



ok the "Brown " slot is the AGP port/plug in slot
If you have one of these u can add a agp type video card to your system .

The "White" slot below it is a pci port/plug in slot
if you only have these you have to use a PCI type video card .
(note: not all pc's are compatable with running a video card in this port)

if you open your pc case and get the mainboard part number off of it and post it here we can try to help.

[outlaw6]

I guess you already figured out which is the AGP slot, I just have a few things to add....

1. ALWAYS ground yourself (touch the metal part of the case) while working inside the computer.

2. allow at LEAST 1 hour of cool off time before opening the case.

3. With Intel chipset based MOBOs you don't need to disable anything in the BIOS (which you get to by pressing F2) Windows will detect the AGP slot and use it.

4. If it is an intel chipset, then you need to configure how much memory your card has in the BIOS, b/c it just says 64MB

5. Download the latest drivers for your card, always a good idea.

6. make sure that you properly seat the card, I.E. it snaps into place, or else it might shortcircut.

7. Don't tighten the screw too much (i mean over-doing it) or you might crack something.

8. The first time you use it, make sure your case isn't overheating... Vidcards add a lot of heat.

Chris

[Tarmac]

The AGP slot is the part of the computer that enables punctuation.  You obviously don't have one.

[jay1988]

[jay1988]

I have an AGP slot but it does not have a notch on the end. How can I tell what type of AGP slot do I have. By the way my comuter is 3 years old now. Pentium 3 600mhz(not the fastest one I own but it has good framerates for AH1).

[jetb123]

Well i dont have a apg slot but, i am getting a pci card.

[jay1988]

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[jay1988]

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[jay1988]

[jetb123]

rgr jay thanks:aok

[jetb123]

its till no working:(

[jay1988]

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[jay1988]

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