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Answer» I currently don't have a Graphic Card and I'm wondering if you can possibly tell me what card is required from the info. provided below. Nothing expensive, PC is a few years old. I currently don't have a Graphic Card and I'm wondering if you can possibly tell me what card is required from the info. provided below. Nothing expensive, PC is a few years old. According to Intel's documentation you have PCI express slots x1 and maybe x16. You do have PCI slots so if you need a better graphic card there are plenty of PCI cards: You do have an integrated card already Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 All intergrated cards are not fancy but it gets the job done. http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/d945gtp/sb/CS-020711.htm To see what version of PCI express on your computer you can see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PCIExpress.jpg I think all video cards come 256MB standard now, since I do not know how big your power supply is I would not get anything fancyI still have the old Graphic Card (although not with me)and have just now found the original bill. It appears that the card is a 3DF 6200LE 128MB. Don't know if that's correct but that's what it looks like. What happened is ;the fan on the card came apart and I can't find a replacement fan, so that's why I was inquiring about replacing the card.The card still works fine so now I'm starting to wonder if I was to install one of those(for the lack of a better word) small stick-on fans that they sell in the computer parts store ,I wonder if that would do the trick. I realize that heat would be a problem but what I would like to do (instead of their method), is attach the fan with a contact adhesive that is heat resistant. Your thoughts please. There are CPU fan replacements if you know the size and the screws you are looking for you can replace the fan if you want: It requires some knowledge if you want to replace a fan, but it should not be to hard. You just got to pick the right size and and the right position of the screws. Unfortunately I am trying to figure out your fan size right now. If you can find a fan to replace it, then it should be fine. Fans today especially the cheap fans are built to handle 128MB - 256MB video cards. so having a genric fan should work. Having any cooling fan is better then having no fan on video cards. They do sell external fan and alternative fans for GPU card, you can find a few of them. Is this your video card? http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16814143052 If you are someone who would prefer to just get a new video card, instead of spending time trying to find the right fan, then I would recommend you replace it. I would not recommend people to fiddle with hardware if they do not feel confident in fiddling around with things. Looking online, the cost of a new video card in terms of specifications to your current video card is actually very similar to price. In terms of just getting a new fan. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048%201069609641&bop=And&ActiveSearchResult=True&Order=PRICE I sort it by price for you, from lowest to highest, you can read review. These are all PCI-E x16 your current video card. In terms of video memory you should be able to run DDR2 video card memory in your slot. Hi and thanks for replying. I checked at a few computer stores in my area and although they have fans that are similar to mine the holes do not line up. They told me there that it would be very hard to find the correct fan. They indicated that it was kind of an oddball because of the hole spacings. I checked the card that you referenced and the fan on that one looks bigger that mine. I don't know about the rest. Obviously if I could find the right fan I would purchase it. But because my card is useless with out a fan I was thinking what have I got to lose by buying and trying the stick on fan. Just a few bucks. What I don't know though is , does the stick on have enough cooling capacity and also are the connections the same? I hate to throw the card away without trying something.The most important thing is to have a fan big enough for the chip. The reason why the fans are there in the first place is to cool down the graphics chip to prevent it from OVERHEATING. If you can get one to cover the chip it should be sufficient enough. make sure that the fan has enough ventilation. It has to spin fast enough to blow out air so see if you can find RPM on the packaging somewhere, the higher the number the better. As for connectors to the video card it depends on which one you get. Some of them can connect directly to the card, motherboard or the power supply, make sure you check the heads of the power connector first before you purchase a fan. You should be able to see the power connector before you buy it. If you wish, buy a power connector that is current to your broken fan. When in DOUBT if the fan will be sufficient to cool down your video card, do not get the cheapest one you see, get the next one up if it is not big of a jump in price.Thanks for your input. I'll make sure to check the points that you made. I'll take the card to the PC store and see what their techs. think. When it's all said and done I'm sure that they'll talk me into a new card. Thanks again.Quote from: overthehill on February 11, 2010, 11:20:33 PM Thanks for your input. I'll make sure to check the points that you made. I'll take the card to the PC store and see what their techs. think. When it's all said and done I'm sure that they'll talk me into a new card. Thanks again.Yep, and a card at a retail store will probably cost a good bit more than buying online. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048%201069609641&bop=And&ActiveSearchResult=True&Order=PRICE is the place to shop.Hi people and thanks for the help and suggestions. Now please bare with me. Here's an update on what I've done. I found that my system has an extended warranty until this Feb 26. I had bought the system from Staples. So I thought that I'd take the old card in and see if they would do anything for me. I didn't think that I had a hope in h--- ,but after much mumbling from me and Staples fighting and arguing with the supplier of the card(and not getting anywhere) Staples (I guess because I'm a good customer) decided to help me on their own. So they kept my old card and gave me a new one( cost me a whole 39 cents because of price difference.) As I said earlier my original card was a ; 3DF 6200LE 128MB The card that I now have is a; GeForce 210 512MB DDR2 The tech.at Staples assured me that this is a comparable card and should fit right in. Now here is where I could use some help. I never removed or installed a Graphic Card. The old card had been removed at the Computer Store where I was going to buy the stick on fan. Now, I know that I have to remove the old drivers before installing the new card. In Add/Remove Programs I see a) NVIDIA Omega Driver Setup Files and b) NVIDIA Drivers because the new card is NVIDIA I'm assuming that these are the files that I have to remove because the old card MUST have been NVIDIA. Is this correct? I imagine that the file Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver is the one that I'm now using when there is no graphic card installed. This file I do not remove . Is this correct.? Any other help or suggestions would greatly appreciated. Thanks, againQuote from: overthehill on February 12, 2010, 04:15:30 PM ...Not necessary to uninstall the old drivers. If the card is not installed, Windows will ignore them. Put the new card in, power it up and see if it works. When Windows completes the boot, then install the new drivers from the supplied CD.Quote As I said earlier my original card was a ; 3DF 6200LE 128MBYou actually got a much better card. Some good references on installing a video card can be found on the internet. Here's one: http://www.directron.com/howtovideo.html. Caution regarding electrostatic discharge is important. If possible, find a place to work that is not carpeted. Carpet is prone to building up static electricity. When you open the case, touch a metal part of the case chasis before inserting the card in the slot. Well. I just successfully installed my first Video Card and all is working great. Thanks to all for your help and suggestions. overthehillHi again. The NVIDIA card is working fine but I have other questions. I was under the impression that my sound card was SigmaTel. When I check the "Sound Device" on my PC which I understand is supposed to give me complete info. on my sound card ,there are seven listings and four of them (the first four) are NVIDIA and those are exactly the same .There are then one of each of the others (please see below). What I'm wondering is; I thought that when I was loading the drivers for my video card I saw something about sound. Is that possible?. It went by pretty fast. Does NVIDIA have anything to do with sound? I was trying audio capture from a song on line. I couldn't do anything with it until I found the SigmaTel file and ran the setup. Things then worked fine. I'm totally confused by all of this. What kind of a sound card do I have and does any of this make sense? Thank You Name -- NVIDIA High Definition Audio Manufacturer----- NVIDIA Four of these Status OK PNP Device ID --- HDAUDIO\etc.etc. Driver --- c;\windows\etc.etc. Finally I see Name --- SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC Manufacturer ---- SigmaTel Status -- OK PNP Device ID -- HDAUDIO\etc.etc. Driver -- c;windows\etc.etc. Below that there are more Name-- USB Audio Device and the rest as as above. Manufact. -- Generic etc. Name --- Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device Manufact. -- Microsoft Name -- Sound Tap Recorder Manufact.-- NCH Software |
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