Originally Posted by Agamemnon
Hahaha oh wow, the level of stupid is off the charts!Do you want me to take a picture of the manual? I suggest nobody says further of, "NO THATS WRONG" unless they actually own the card.
Also, Jcup suggested I posted the damage I did to it.
You should be able to see where the audio bit I ripped out here:
Yes, please take a picture of the manual.
Oh jesus, I almost shat my pants when I saw that!
I just looked in the manual for mine, which is the same card as yours. Nowhere does it say that it's compatible with all slots. It does, however, show what all the slots look like, and tells you that PCI-E is the one you should put it in, since the card is labeled as PCI-E. Remember, just because it has a big green check by it, doesn't mean that it necessarily applies to your card! The manual is eVGA's universal manual that they package with every card they sell, regardless of slot type.
Far left: PCI
Far right: PCI-E X16
Note that the pin configurations are COMPLETELY different. AGP is similar in appearance to PCI, but has a difference of pin count, and a latch, as on PCI-E
I once saw a picture of a graphics card someone had cut so that it would fit into a particular slot type, thinking that the gold pins were some kind of cutting guide. It made me lol and cry at the same time. Seeing you rip out your rear audio does the same
Last edited by ExAm; December 5th, 2007 at 01:50 AM.
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I honestly had a hard time reading that without laughing my ass off. Please do post this manual. Did you read this manual afterwards? When things weren't working did you actually ask for help instead of SHANKING THE FUCK OUT OF YOUR COMPUTER WITH A SCREW DRIVER?!?!?
Generally when something doesn't fit you are not supposed to shove the thing into a slot until it "works". THAT IS NOT HOW YOU BUILD A COMPUTER. Electronics are delicate pieces of hardware and to be honest I will be amazed if that board actually works after you tore the audio out.
PCI Express, PCI and AGP are COMPLETELY 100% ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY incompatible on an electrical and physical level. They use different amounts of voltage, they transmit data at different rates, for the love of god the slots are different sizes and are keyed, that should tell you first thing that something is wrong when you slam the card in and it doesn't go. If a key doesn't open the lock to your front door do you get an RPG and blow the living fuck out of the door? NO, if you are a normal human being you find the key that works for the lock. Breaking hardware does not fix the problem and while I may seem harsh here to be honest you should not be allowed to ever touch a piece of computer equipment until you can learn to actually figure out how things work instead of smashing them together like a chimpanzee with rocks.
Things are designed to work in a specific manner. If they don't go in the first time, either ask someone else or use google for the love of god.
And by the way, I'm pretty sure everyone here who has a modern system has a PCI Express slot. Don't tell US to read a manual when we have already done our homework.
Last edited by legionaire45; December 5th, 2007 at 01:37 AM.
I scanned the universal manual that came with my 8800GT:
It seems he only paid attention to the pretty pictures and bright green check marks :P
Yeah, and yet mine actually fits into a PCI slot. I guess those pretty pictures must've been wrong.
Yes PCI_E cards fit into PCI_16x and PCI_8x slots.Yeah, and yet mine actually fits into a PCI slot. I guess those pretty pictures must've been wrong.
So why does everyone have the jitters in their panties about this then?
.... im speechless.
I'm saving this entire thread.
Can we rename this thread? Also I just realized, you are working on a carpet. *sigh*
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