look at this pic.
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Moose Jr.
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I think that the metal tab on the card that you screw to your case would be 'nuff. If it's an older mobo it probably wasn't designed with a clip. That invention came after the cards got bigger, heavier, and required leaf-blower sized fans *cough*nVidia*cough*. Just my opinion. 
Tagrineth
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Moose Jr. said:I think that the metal tab on the card that you screw to your case would be 'nuff. If it's an older mobo it probably wasn't designed with a clip. That invention came after the cards got bigger, heavier, and required leaf-blower sized fans *cough*nVidia*cough*. Just my opinion.
Um... he's referring to the absence of an AGP slot. Hell, just look at it, it's just a bunch of solder points with a rectangle silkscreened around it.
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i actually just dont know anything about Agp's or video cards. i was just shown one @ the computer store by one of the employees.
on the computer he showed me the agp slot was more of an apperatus (or clip if you will)
then when i went home to see if i had an agp slot, i saw what i am showing you guys.
it just doesnt look the same on my computer as the one he showed me and i wanted to know if i could buy a agp video card
on the computer he showed me the agp slot was more of an apperatus (or clip if you will)
then when i went home to see if i had an agp slot, i saw what i am showing you guys.
it just doesnt look the same on my computer as the one he showed me and i wanted to know if i could buy a agp video card
AlphaWolf
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AlphaWolf
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blight said:Soldering multilayer stuff - are you crazy?
That section right there actually will be guarenteed to not be multi-layered, and the reason why is because the pins for the agp socket have to perforate the entire board. Surface mount solder bonds of any metal aren't strong enough to last at all with somebody inserting and removing a video card with the force that would be necessary. The reason I wouldn't do it, is because that AGP socket is probably hardcoded to be disabled in the bios, so it may not work anyways, and not only that but you are looking at 124 solder points.
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CyrylTheWolf
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Solder an AGP slot in? To be honest I don't believe that it would be a good idea to even attempt it. I'm sure it's POSSIBLE but the likelihood that you would royally fux0r the board is much more prominent than your chances of succeeding. Especially since you are obviously a newbie user. (Well you don't know your mobo slots just yet, after all. Hehe...)
I agree with AlphaWolf. If I were you I would simply get yourself a better board. One with an AGP slot. (The brown slot which is placed with a slight offset of approximately 1.25" from the rear of the first PCI slot.) By the way...
AGP = Accelerated Graphics Port
There is another reason which I haven't seen anyone consider just yet. The exclusion of the AGP slot suggests that the mobo's chipset probably doesn't even implement an AGP-based chipset. (Unless your video is onboard which it looks like it is.) The onboard video would be using your AGP bus. I doubt that you can even disable the onboard video in your BIOS. If that is the case then it would be DISASTER to try and modify your board with an AGP slot. The onboard Intel and any card you would try to use in your would-be AGP slot would kick-box for control of the AGP bus and things would go TERRIBLY wrong. Get the marshmallows... You'd toast your board.
Get a PCI graphics adapter if you want to use that board. Then tell your BIOS to initialize video in the PCI first. (As opposed to the AGP.) If you have any problems you might try switching on PCI Palette Snoop. (But I don't recommend using that if you don't have to.)
I could list a number of other reasons but that one is more than sufficient to rule out any of these options. Hope this helps you out.
Solder an AGP slot in? To be honest I don't believe that it would be a good idea to even attempt it. I'm sure it's POSSIBLE but the likelihood that you would royally fux0r the board is much more prominent than your chances of succeeding. Especially since you are obviously a newbie user. (Well you don't know your mobo slots just yet, after all. Hehe...)
I agree with AlphaWolf. If I were you I would simply get yourself a better board. One with an AGP slot. (The brown slot which is placed with a slight offset of approximately 1.25" from the rear of the first PCI slot.) By the way...
AGP = Accelerated Graphics Port
There is another reason which I haven't seen anyone consider just yet. The exclusion of the AGP slot suggests that the mobo's chipset probably doesn't even implement an AGP-based chipset. (Unless your video is onboard which it looks like it is.) The onboard video would be using your AGP bus. I doubt that you can even disable the onboard video in your BIOS. If that is the case then it would be DISASTER to try and modify your board with an AGP slot. The onboard Intel and any card you would try to use in your would-be AGP slot would kick-box for control of the AGP bus and things would go TERRIBLY wrong. Get the marshmallows... You'd toast your board.
Get a PCI graphics adapter if you want to use that board. Then tell your BIOS to initialize video in the PCI first. (As opposed to the AGP.) If you have any problems you might try switching on PCI Palette Snoop. (But I don't recommend using that if you don't have to.)
I could list a number of other reasons but that one is more than sufficient to rule out any of these options. Hope this helps you out.
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