Help (newbie) with motherboard and AGP slot

[simplexchangedotcom]

Hello,

I'm a computer novice and need some help.

I have a IBM Aptiva 2174, 600 Mhz AMD processor.

My first question is how do I find out what brand and type of motherboard I have, the IBM literature is very unhelpful,I opened the case and could not find anything on the motherboard that had a brand or anything.

Second, I bought a Viper II 32MB video card and it says it can do 2x or 4x AGP, and I was wondering how do I determine if my motherboard can do 4x.

Thanks to all in advance.

 

[stockjock]

All your answers are right here:

Machine Type/Model 2174-871
System board S30
Processor/Speed AMD Athlon(TM) 700MHz 3D+
System board chipset AMD Irongate/Viper
System board form factor ATX
Front-side bus speed 200 MHz
(100MHz double clocked DDR)
Mechanical package Minitower
Slots (ISA/PCI/shared) 0/5/0
Open slots (ISA/PCI/shared) 0/2/0
AGP AGP 2X slot
Bays (Total/Open) 5/2
3.5" bays (Ext Total/Open, Int Total/Open) 1/0, 2/1
5.25" bays (Ext Total/Open, Int Total/Open) 2/1, 0/0
Memory PC-100 SDRAM DIMM
Std/Max (MB) 128MB/768MB
Sockets (Total/Open) 3/2
Cache (L1/L2) 128KB/512KB
Hard disk drive 20GB
Hard disk drive size 3.5 inch
Floppy diskette media 1.44MB
Floppy diskette drive size 3.5 inch
Removable storage none
Power supply (w) 200 watts
3D graphics enabled Yes
Video chip nVidia TNT-2 Ultra
see note 3 below
Video memory 32(std) / 32(max), SDRAM
Maximum resolution 1600 X 1200
Maximum colors 16 Mil
MPEG SW 1
Monitor not included
Keyboard IBM Rapid Access (TM) II
Mouse IBM ScrollPoint (TM) II
Gamepad none
Joystick none
Network adapter Intel Home PNA PCI adapter card
Communications V.90 and K56 Flex (no voice)
Modem included Conexant Winmodem
CD-ROM DVD 8X
Audio Aureal Vortex-2 PCI
Wavetable Yes (software)
Speakers Infinity (passive)
Microphone none
Operating system Windows 98 SE
Announce date 11/30/1999

Notes The modem is designed to be capable of receiving data at up to 56 Kbps from either a V.90 or a K56 Flex compatible service provider and transmitting data at up to about 28.8 Kbps. Public networks currently limit maximum download speeds to about 53Kbps. Actual speeds depend upon many factors and are often less than the maximum possible.
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2. Memory may be upgraded to a maximum of 768MB using three 256MB PC100 DIMMs.
3. The video adapter which is included with this system has two different types of video output. The first is a standard 15 pin analog connector, to which you may connect a standard analog monitor (CRT) or a flat screen analog monitor such as the T55A. The second is a new 24 pin DVI digital connector, to which you may connect a DVI-I interface digital monitor.
4. The CD-Rewritable (CD-RW) drive reads from CD and CD-R media at 24x Max (1,500 KB/sec to 3,600 KB/sec). It reads from CD-RW media at 8x Max (1,200 KB/sec). The drive writes to CD-R media at 4x Max (600KB/sec) and to CD-RW media at 2x Max (300 KB/sec).
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Hope this helps you..