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agp or pci slot
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Original Message
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Name: Jacob555
Date: July 31, 2003 at 03:29:59 Pacific
Subject: agp or pci slotOS: Win XP ProCPU/Ram: 892 AMD/512 Ram |
Comment: I need to know exactly how to tell If I have an agp slot. I opened up my case and there was a brown slot set further back than the others. But when I went into bios it gave me the option of pci or integrated agp (or something like that). Do I have an agp slot or do I need to buy a video card that uses the pci. Thanks
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Response Number 1
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Name: Vorador
Date: July 31, 2003 at 04:01:05 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)If the brown slot is long like the white pci slots (maybe a little longer), then you have an agp slot. If it is real short, with 2 equal halves then it is an AMR (audio modem riser).
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Response Number 3
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Reply: (edit)Ok. Well, if the slot is about 5 inches long it is an AGP slot. If it is 2 inches long or so, it is an AMR modem slot. It's to be brown in both instances. As you look at the back of the computer, if it is a tower, the AGP slot is the highest available slot, and is also nearest the CPU, all the WHITE pci are below it.
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Response Number 4
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Name: Jacob555
Date: July 31, 2003 at 17:37:46 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I just measured it and it's 3 inches long and no dividers. Is this an AMR modem and if it is what is it for as I already have a modem installed? Thanks
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Response Number 7
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Name: johnoh
Date: August 1, 2003 at 11:35:08 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Doesn't the pic in post 2 show you which is which? btw an amr slot is even smaller than a pci slot. amr modems are rare. That slot is unused on 99% of systems. http://www.3dnews.ru/documents/734/amr-slot.jpg
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Response Number 8
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Name: Jacob555
Date: August 1, 2003 at 18:48:10 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)it looks more like the one in post two. My modem is in a slot that looks exactly like the amr slot in the picture. The slot in question in my computer does not have the divider in it.
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Response Number 9
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Name: Kirden
Date: August 1, 2003 at 23:11:36 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)There are many motherboards with AGP slot that has no divider! Just an example:
http://us.st9.yimg.com/store6.yimg.com/I/justdeals_1747_113510 or http://us.st9.yimg.com/store6.yimg.com/I/justdeals_1747_4996 In a very rare case it could be cache slot.
(Most modren motherboards do not have cache slots)
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