AGP on my motherboard?

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tuxpan02

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I need help to know if the motherboard on my PC has AGP slot. I have attached a picture of it, thank you for your help. (The motherboard is on a Compaq Presario Desktop Model 4405A, microATX technology).

I understand that there are several AGP technologies out there, but is it possible to look at the connector type and know what is compatible to?

I have asked Compaq directly but they could not tell me if I had AGP.

Thanks
 

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Thanks for your reply, I was suspicious of that too, but how would I know which AGP is? Is there anyway in the PC that could tell me that? BIOS? On the board itself? Or can I run a test somehow to know? The PC is about 3 yr old, so newest AGP are not on the list.
 
in the bios there should be an option for the tranfer rate, it should be in the advanced chipset configuration options
 
To me that doesnt look like AGP at all, just cos its brown... no..... heres a pic of an actual AGP slot, see it has the clamp at the end and the midway spacer niside the slot......

AGP_slot.jpg
 
Brown slot is definatly a AGP slot as he siad, but It would be hard to tell what speed from looking.

edit since i posted at the same time as dragon:I have a old PC with a agp slot like that...I guess they were to cheap for te 02.cent lock on it...Its possible its not, but im pretty sure it is.
 
i had a motherboard without a retention clamp a few years ago. as long as its a "rough shade of brown" its still agp
 
Its an AGP slot, my guess is that its not 4x/8x since there isnt a divider in the slot, and theres no connector.
 
To me that doesnt look like AGP at all, just cos its brown... no..... heres a pic of an actual AGP slot, see it has the clamp at the end and the midway spacer niside the slot......
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It is an AGP slot. Not all of them have those retension clamps. The colour doesn't really matter, what gives it away is that it is inset. Since the picture is at an angle (unlike the pic dragon linked) you can't see any slot keying so as already said there's no way to know the speed/AGP revision

The HP/Compaq site is useless, all generic pictures (under CPU replacement they have all socket types shown and slots) and no specifications to be found. CPUz (www.cpuid.com/cpuz) might be able to tell you the AGP type.
 
Thank you all for your replys, I am looking at the CPU-Z site to see if this can help me on my quest. If not, I will get a better picture of the connector (in the actual PC) and post it here ... thank you, you've proven to be by far more helpful than technical help in compaq/hp.
 
Got it !!!

Thank you all, I have tried CPU-Z and got what I have.

As per program, I have AGP 4x. using a program named SIW got that I have AGP 2x. Which is the right one? Could be that I have AGP 2x/4x, is this a fair statement?

I have attached the section of the CPU-Z report.


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DMI Extension Slot
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designation AGP Slot J19
type AGP 4x
width 32 bits
populated no


DMI Extension Slot
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designation PCI Slot 1: J16
type PCI
width 32 bits
populated yes


DMI Extension Slot
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designation PCI Slot 2: J15
type PCI
width 32 bits
populated yes


DMI Extension Slot
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designation PCI Slot 3: J14
type PCI
width 32 bits
populated yes
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Thank you all for your replys, I am looking at the CPU-Z site to see if this can help me on my quest. If not, I will get a better picture of the connector (in the actual PC) and post it here ... thank you, you've proven to be by far more helpful than technical help in compaq/hp.
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- You can also make a rough guess based on the chipset (which can be found from CPUz)
- Also, if you have a working card in there, you can tell a bit from the keying on the card

As per program, I have AGP 4x. using a program named SIW got that I have AGP 2x. Which is the right one? Could be that I have AGP 2x/4x, is this a fair statement?
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Most likely you have 4x/2x rather than 8x/4x :)
 
Praetor said:
- You can also make a rough guess based on the chipset (which can be found from CPUz)
- Also, if you have a working card in there, you can tell a bit from the keying on the card


Most likely you have 4x/2x rather than 8x/4x :)
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I do not have a card installed in the AGP slot, but wanted to be sure to buy the right one and save a trip to the store to return wrong one.

How can I know based in the chipset data the AGP type? How correlates? :confused:
 
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