On Saturday 30 Aug 2003 3:15 pm, Katinka Mills wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anne Wilson > > Sent: Saturday, 30 August 2003 10:00 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [expert] OT: Hardware guru please - advice needed > > > > > > A Soltek board, just bought, says that using a 2x graphics board > > will fry the mobo (wrong voltage). The G-Force2 MX-400 is a > > 2x/4x board. Is it safe to assume that it will have the right > > voltage, merely falling back to 2x if the mobo doesn't have the > > later standard agp? > > > > Anne > > If the PCI card and the Slot were manufactured properly, you can > not "easily" get it in (not easily is defined as without brute > force or sledge hammer), where the 3.3V and the 5V fingers are keys > (ie no fingers) so if it is 3.3V the 5V fingers are missing and 5v > has the 3.3v ones missing. > > If it was not manufactured properly, then I am not sure, without > looking at the tech docs to see if the card is auto sensing (will > depend on manufacturer sometimes too) > > Regards, > > Kat.
Thinking about what you said, Kat, do you mean that the key slot would be in the wrong place if I had a wrong voltage card? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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