PCI Express video Cards

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dennykyser

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My Motherboard has PCI express slots, does this mean my video card has to be PCI E or can it be a regular PCI card. so far I can not get the PCI video card to work and wondering if that is the problem.
 
I think you have to have a pci-e card because it is a pci-e slot. You might be able to put your pci card in one of the other pci slots. I don't know if that would work? :confused:
 
Well if the PCI card is in the PCI Express slot than no, it will not work. But I think it should in the PCI slots near the bottom of the board.
 
My Motherboard has PCI express slots, does this mean my video card has to be PCI E or can it be a regular PCI card. so far I can not get the PCI video card to work and wondering if that is the problem.
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have you put it in the mobo already,
as has been said the pci graphics card (they're quite rare anyway) should go in the pci slot, not the pci-e slot (not that it would)

What graphics card do you have?
 
A PCI graphics card works just fine in one of your 4 PCI slots. You should not expect any real gaming performance though.
 
If your board has a PCI-E and PCI slots, then you can use a PCI vidio card in the PCI slot, yes that'll work, you should go into your bios and make sure its changed to that though.

I would suggest upgrading to a PCI-E card if you plan to game at ALL.
 
He prolly just mean the 'Init Display First' setting in the BIOS.

Not important however.
 
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tweaker said:
He prolly just mean the 'Init Display First' setting in the BIOS.

Not very important however.
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I meant how is he to get to bios, without a gpu installed? No onboard video on the 945P :)
 
apj101 said:
I meant how is he to get to bios, without a gpu installed? No onboard video on the 945P :)
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Exactly, I ordered a new PCI-E Video Card today, this will be the 3rd attempt at a video card :D

I am going to go ahead and just do it corectly.
 
Just has been driving me nuts, no idea if the system is working right, all I know is the pretty fans work, motherboard lights up and the DVD drives light up, eject, and try to install software.
 
oh..

apj101 said:
I meant how is he to get to bios, without a gpu installed? No onboard video on the 945P :)
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thats right this was the guy with the dead machine, sorry. :)

dennykyser said:
the hardest part was putting the fan (heatsink I think is what its called) over the processor, really had to push that last tab to get it to pop in was worried the motherboard would break but finally popped in.
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You may have damaged the processor or motherboard applying that amount of pressure.

dennykyser said:
I ordered a new PCI-E Video Card today, this will be the 3rd attempt at a video card :D

I am going to go ahead and just do it corectly.
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I assume you took precautions when you assembled the PC in the first place, such as grounding yourself to make sure not shorting anything out with ESD from your hands?
 
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