AGP voltages

Post by **Doombrain** » Thu May 12, 2005 8:24 am

i have a crappy mobo with a sticker over the AGP slot saying do not use an 3.3v AGP card. i need to know if the gf2 card i'm putting in is 3.3v but it's not on the card anywhere. any ideas??

Post by **SOAPboy** » Thu May 12, 2005 8:31 am

Plug it in, see what happens..

Post by **shaft** » Thu May 12, 2005 8:41 am

its not gonna hurt anything if the mobo cant power the card, its just not gonna run. that would have to be a very old mobo not to power a gf2. put it in and see what happens.

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Thu May 12, 2005 9:40 am

usually if that sticker is there it means the board has a 1.5v keyed slot and if you try to ram a 3.3v card in, you will physically damage the board and the card... since they are physically incompatable.
example:

Post by **Geebs** » Thu May 12, 2005 9:49 am

If your GF2 doesn't work with it, you could always send it down here. My computer table's got a wonky leg

Post by **Doombrain** » Thu May 12, 2005 10:10 am

the mainboard's fucked anyways. lol, it's my sisters computer/ she'll be gutted

Post by **Geebs** » Thu May 12, 2005 10:14 am

Bah, just get her a mac mini and tell her it's got a special preview edition of Longhorn on it

Post by **Doombrain** » Thu May 12, 2005 10:17 am

lol fuck that

Post by **mik0rs** » Thu May 12, 2005 10:26 am

At least she won't be collecting spyware for you to fix later on, for that reason I think my sister's computer neds to be smashed with a hammer.

Not that I fix it mind, I get my mate to do it because I can't be arsed, so I guess he'd appreciate the break :icon14:

Post by **Grudge** » Thu May 12, 2005 10:29 am

Yeah, making computer illiterate family members get Macs instead of PCs is a great way to avoid being called upon constantly for tech support.

Post by **4days** » Thu May 12, 2005 10:46 am

had a rough one the other day. went round a sikh mates house to fix his pc.

his eldest son has been on there doing his homework and seems to have spent a lot of time browsing porn. damn thing was riddled with trojans, diallers etc.

took 4 cups of tea to fix it, made all the more difficult by pretending to be really interested in some weird indian sports thing on the telly so that i could keep the family at the other end of the room and protect his son (who was shaking like a shitting dog) from being discovered.

Post by **Geebs** » Thu May 12, 2005 12:27 pm

That the one where they all hold hands and then roll about in the dirt?