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01-04-2003, 02:44 AM
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pci & agp cards
i have a packard bell computer with a pci video card. does anyone know if i can use a agp video card that i have extra. the motherboard has an agp slot. does it involve more than just swapping the cards?
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01-04-2003, 05:41 AM
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Hi rkzitrick,
What model is your PB and what brand and model of video card? What version of Windows are you running? To swap cards you need to switch your Display adapter to Standard VGA, boot into Safe Mode, uninstall the drivers for the PCI card, switch off the PC, change the cards over, restart the PC, load the drivers for the AGP card. See this thread for the general principles in uninstalling old drivers. http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.p...321#post352321 Whether the AGP will work depends on the card and on the motherboard. Rather than getting bogged down in the technicalities of why the card may or not work, I would just say, try it and see. However, if your motherboard uses the Intel 845 or 850 chipset then you must not use a 3.3V AGP card otherwise it may damage the motherboard. It MUST be a 1.5V AGP card. So let us know what model your PB is, so we can check the motherboard that came with that model. In fact the motherboard may be listed in your PC manual. HTH Last edited by mike breck; 01-04-2003 at 05:50 AM. |
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01-04-2003, 11:01 PM
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a PB with AGP? LMAO. I never seen a PB with a agp slot.. Are you srue your not looking at the CNR slot as its the same color as most agp slots?
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01-05-2003, 02:57 PM
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Although about 1/3 the size.
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01-07-2003, 01:58 PM
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PB Legend Supreme 1973 Win 98, AGP card Nvidia GeForce 4 MX440 32mb. Couldn't find motherbord model. Thanks for any help.
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01-08-2003, 12:54 PM
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I didn't know they made a 32MB GeForce4MX. If the system does have an AGP slot, you should be fine.
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01-14-2003, 10:33 AM
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oops sorry it a GeForce 2. Think I might just change the motherboard. Thanks anyway for the info.
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