Go into the device manager and change the view setting from "Devices by Type" to "Devices by Connection". Search through and see if the video card driver is placed under the agp driver listing or not.
Okay I bought a Geforce FX 5200 PCI card today and I'm having a heck of a time getting it in. I mean, the bottom of the card fits the PCI slot, but I can't get the full card inside the comp before the edge of the card hits the edge of the computer. I dont know why the stupid PCI slots are so dang close to the edge of the computer, but now I have no clue what to do...
Why has nobody suggested taking the side off and having a look!!!. Prob the easiest and most reliable way if you only want to determine if you have one or not.
I am not 100% certain but your problem is probably to do with IRQ allocations. As far as I can remember some AGP cards are set to use an IRQ that would otherwise be used by the PCI bus. The computer sees the IRQ number and presumes that it is connected to the PCI slot1 when in fact it is the AGP card. Others here probably know about this in more detail so I am quite prepared to be corrected.
You Were right!
I opend up my computer, and saw that it was AGP.
The AGP slot was located near the PCI bus so (like you said) it probobly got confused because of that. Thanks anyway though!
The difference between an AGP slot and a PCI slot are unmistakable - an AGP card will never go into the "last PCI slot".... To help make it easier for you, AGP slots are shorter in length and are typically brown in color, while PCI slots are longer in length than the AGP slot and are white in color. The AGP slot is always above the last PCI slot, between it and your CPU.
This should clear up any confusion as to what kind of card you have.
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