AGP Questions

[MageXX9]

Does anyone know of a good guide describing the differences in the AGP slots. I opened up a Dell Computer today, a pretty powerful computer (Dual CPU, NVidia Quadro2, etc.) and I couldn't put in another AGP card, there was an extra notch in there. Anyways I'm just trying to clear up my confusion. Thanks

 

[Dubb]

AGP pro50?

should be able to put any card in, you just need that little plastic spacer

 

[MageXX9]

Nope, I had an old ATI Rage Pro that had a continous row of pins on the card and the connector on the motherboard had an extra notch in the middle of it. grrr I'm confused.

 

[rmrf]

does the port look like this?

http://www.ultimatepcrepair.com/files/agp1.jpg

 

[ribbon13]

AIMM?

 

[johnny1111]

I want to know too, bump this up. -john

 

[ribbon13]

Is it like the AIMM/GPA slots in the dell OptiPlex GX150?

http://support.ap.dell.com/docs/systems/opgx150/en/ug/upgrades.htm#agp_aimm



Id like to know where you can actually buy a card that would fit it...

 

[Mloot]

It could be that you are trying to put an AGP card that is keyed for 3.3v into a newer slot that only accepts cards that are keyed to 1.5v. I ran into this issue today. I sold my 9600 and shipped it off, but my new card won't be in for a few days. In the meantime, I tried putting in an old AGP ATI Rage card, and the slots on the Rage don't match the newer AGP 3.0 slot that I have on my motherboard.

 

[MageXX9]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
Is it like the AIMM/GPA slots in the dell OptiPlex GX150?

http://support.ap.dell.com/docs/systems/opgx150/en/ug/upgrades.htm#agp_aimm



Id like to know where you can actually buy a card that would fit it...

That's what it looked like, what are those exactly, other than an AGP/AIMM slot?

 

[MageXX9]

any ideas?

 

[stevty2889]

The ATI Rage Pro, is a 3.3v 1x AGP card, so it is incompatible with newer motherboards, and won't fit in the slot. 8x, 4x, and some 2x cards, will work in a modern motherboard, that uses 1.5v agp slots.

 

[bluemax]

Originally posted by: Mloot
It could be that you are trying to put an AGP card that is keyed for 3.3v into a newer slot that only accepts cards that are keyed to 1.5v. I ran into this issue today. I sold my 9600 and shipped it off, but my new card won't be in for a few days. In the meantime, I tried putting in an old AGP ATI Rage card, and the slots on the Rage don't match the newer AGP 3.0 slot that I have on my motherboard.

If they didn't notch the slot (like the first i845 mobos...) you could fry the whole system with an old video card!