HP pavillion

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I know this probably isn't the right place to ask this but I can't find
anywhere that might be able to help-

can an HP Pavilion 612a be upgraded to take a Video card and if so is it AGP
or PCI slotted?

Thanks for looking

Ian
 
instead of going to a software manufactures website why
don't you go to www.hp.com and visit their help and
support sections?

Just a thought?

CT
 
Hi,

Tried looking that model up, there were some 400 results. Two ways for you
to tell: 1) Look in your user manual. There should be a section on
specifications that will list the available add-on slots. 2) Open the
machine up and take a look-see, it's pretty easy to distinguish between the
two. There would only be one (1) AGP slot, it is usually brown and set back
further from the card openings, and is usually the first slot. There may be
many PCI slots, usually white and lined up after the AGP slot.

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I know this probably isn't the right place to ask this but I can't find
anywhere that might be able to help-

can an HP Pavilion 612a be upgraded to take a Video card and if so is it AGP
or PCI slotted?

Thanks for looking

Ian
Click to expand...

In addition to what the others told you, there is a great freeware
tool to tell you exactly what's inside your PC without opening it, in
great detail.
It's called Aida32 and you can either do a google for "aida32" or get
it here at PC world:
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,23043,00.asp


It will surely tell how your Pavilion is slotted.
 
The replacement for AIDA32 is EVEREST from www.lavalys.com


| On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 17:59:04 +1000, "ian"
<[email protected]>
| wrote:
|
| >I know this probably isn't the right place to ask this
but I can't find
| >anywhere that might be able to help-
| >
| >can an HP Pavilion 612a be upgraded to take a Video card
and if so is it AGP
| >or PCI slotted?
| >
| >Thanks for looking
| >
| >Ian
| >
|
| In addition to what the others told you, there is a great
freeware
| tool to tell you exactly what's inside your PC without
opening it, in
| great detail.
| It's called Aida32 and you can either do a google for
"aida32" or get
| it here at PC world:
|
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,23043,00.asp
|
|
| It will surely tell how your Pavilion is slotted.
 
Thanks Jim - I had him download it run it and send me the report - great
tool! Turns out he only has PCI slots no AGP - not sure what kinds of
graphics card I can get for PCI! Will he have any trouble disabling the
current extreme video settings that came with his system?
 
There are PCI graphics cards but generally they are not as
fast as the current AGP cards. AGP bus is direct while a
PCI slot must wait for input/output. The mobo he has may
have on-board graphics that are very limited or quit good
depending on how they are configured.

I looked on the HP website and did not find the Pavilion
612a but I did find a 612k and it has an AGP slot. That
model used an ASUS mobo. You should look at the report and
see what mobo your brother has and then go to that website
and get the mobo manual. If you don't have an AGP card
installed, it might not be obvious whether there is an open
AGP slot.


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But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.


| Thanks Jim - I had him download it run it and send me the
report - great
| tool! Turns out he only has PCI slots no AGP - not sure
what kinds of
| graphics card I can get for PCI! Will he have any trouble
disabling the
| current extreme video settings that came with his system?
|
|
in message
| | > The replacement for AIDA32 is EVEREST from
www.lavalys.com
| >
| >
message
| > | > | On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 17:59:04 +1000, "ian"
| > <[email protected]>
| > | wrote:
| > |
| > | >I know this probably isn't the right place to ask
this
| > but I can't find
| > | >anywhere that might be able to help-
| > | >
| > | >can an HP Pavilion 612a be upgraded to take a Video
card
| > and if so is it AGP
| > | >or PCI slotted?
| > | >
| > | >Thanks for looking
| > | >
| > | >Ian
| > | >
| > |
| > | In addition to what the others told you, there is a
great
| > freeware
| > | tool to tell you exactly what's inside your PC without
| > opening it, in
| > | great detail.
| > | It's called Aida32 and you can either do a google for
| > "aida32" or get
| > | it here at PC world:
| > |
| >
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,23043,00.asp
| > |
| > |
| > | It will surely tell how your Pavilion is slotted.
| >
| >
|
|
 
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