ATI All-In-Wonder 9600 Video Card Installation.

[Fred Schwaner]

Newbie Question
I just purchased a 9600 video card so I can pipe the feed to my TV.
The card won't fit into my expansion slot. Can anyone help point me in the
right direction?

http://www.printroom.com/_vti_bin/V...CD7&userid=Skip153&album_id=58355&image_id=86

 

[Fred]

The card you have purchased is an "AGP" video card. It is designed to snap
into a special slot, which is usually closest to the motherboard power
connector. If I remember right, this slot is usually a dark color.

If all you have are slots like the one you are trying to connect this card
to, you need a "PCI" type card. Most video cards are available either way.

Hope this helps,

Fred.

 

[DaveW]

You didn't state what brand and model of motherboard you are using. Yes, it
matters.

 

[DaveW]

P.S. You're trying to put an AGP slot card into a PCI slot. No can do.

 

[Fred Schwaner]

All I can say is that I have Gateway 310S. This old soldier is new to this
stuff.

 

[JAD]

as Dave w has said PCI slot Vs AGP video card

 

[Pug Fugley]

You need either a PCI video card or a new computer with the updated AGP slot
which has been standard for video cards for a few years now.

 

[Theodore \Bundy\ Rogers]

The card you have purchased is an "AGP" video card. It is designed to snap
into a special slot, which is usually closest to the motherboard power
connector. If I remember right, this slot is usually a dark color.

If all you have are slots like the one you are trying to connect this card
to, you need a "PCI" type card. Most video cards are available either way.

Hope this helps,

Fred.

Not only AGP but the newer version of AGP. There are two out (they
vary by the voltage - 1.5 and 0.8 I think. Review the specs.

I suspect it won't plug in if the slot is wrong.. but I am not 100%.

Yes - everything with a computer you buy today becomes obsolete..
everything.. my latest was trying to plug a "din" jack keyboard into a
"ps2" style.