Motherboard problem

[sofasurfer]

Bought a 9700 pro off of overclockers and for some stupid reason bought an AGP card rather than a PCI one.

My motherboard has an expansion slot on the motherboard that looks like it might be the right one but no connectors.

My PC is a Dell Dimension 2400 P4 about a year old.

Is there any way of hooking this up and if not can I send it back.

Any help gratefully received whilst I bash my head against a wall in stupidity.

[simoran1]

Bought a 9700 pro off of overclockers and for some stupid reason bought an AGP card rather than a PCI one.

My motherboard has an expansion slot on the motherboard that looks like it might be the right one but no connectors.

My PC is a Dell Dimension 2400 P4 about a year old.

Is there any way of hooking this up and if not can I send it back.

Any help gratefully received whilst I bash my head against a wall in stupidity.

dont think there is mate, at leaste not to the best of my knowledge. good luck with overclockers, they can be a bitch to deal with!

[VR46]

agreed, go with ebuyer.co.uk next time, don't try and force the card, google your PC model and get pic of motherboard and info on the expansion slots to see if it is a AGP port, don't know, can you get 9700 Pro PCI ??

[sofasurfer]

Thanks for the advice.

Feel it may have been ?85 down the pan though!

[sofasurfer]

Just found this:-

An unfilled memory socket lets you shoehorn a full gigabyte of memory into the Dimension 2400, and with two of the three PCI slots available, you can at least make some card-based upgrades. The tragedy of this motherboard is that there's no AGP slot, which closes off the upgrade path for the woefully underpowered integrated Intel graphics subsystem.

Anyone want a brand new graphics card?

[Hohum]

I bought one of those cards from them myself, good value for money It's a shame your pc is a Dell, otherwise you could have just bought a new motherboard for ?40-60 and be able to use all your old components with your new graphics card.

[Corrupt Rose]

A friend of mine did exactly what you've just this week. With a Dell 2400.

Is your name Alistair by any chance?

[sofasurfer]

A friend of mine did exactly what you've just this week. With a Dell 2400.

Is your name Alistair by any chance?

No its not

Glad theres more than one fool who doesnt check their motherboard before ordering!

[Corrupt Rose]

No its not

Glad theres more than one fool who doesnt check their motherboard before ordering!

To be honest, I wouldn't bother checking if it came down to it. I'd automatically assume that my computer had an AGP port in it. I mean, surely it's got to be the exception rather than the rule not to...

[FelixofMars]

Yep, AGP sockets have been standard for years now, A bit of a cheap and cheeky shot by Dell really. I bet they sold it as 'fully upgradable' as well

[sofasurfer]

They are that.I know now why they are so cheap when you are tempted to buy one.

[FelixofMars]

Can you get a replacment motherboard in Dell machines?