This Has Just Got To Be The Stupidest Problem I've Ever Had...

backtothefuture

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I wanted to upgrade my video card on my Gateway PC. It is a 5310 model, with an intergrated video card. I went out to Circuit City, and bought myself a GeForce 6200 AGP graphics card. Got home, opened up my computer, and found out that I didn't have any AGP slots :rolleyes:

So, I went back to Circuit City, and exchanged it for a GeForce 6600 PCI card. Finally, I can go home and enjoy my new video card, or so I thought.

I opened up my computer again, and was ready to put in the card when I realized something about the slot...

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^^ There's the slot ^^

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And there's my brand new video card, obviously backwards.

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If you look closely at the pictures, you'll see that there is no possible way for my card to be put into this computer! What the hell is this! Isn't there a rule somewhere saying "Don't build your shit backwards"

What am I supposed to do? Is there anything that could remedy this problem?

I would appreciate any help,
backtothefuture
 
I guess you could, put it in the only way it works, then wire your monitor and such into the case and plug it in :p
 
Thats a PCI-E Card and you only have PCI ports...return the card for a PCI card not PCI-E :D
 
I tried putting it in the way it works, but it doesn't fit!! Are there any PCI slot adapters or something?

This is so ridiculous.
 
Or a FX5700LE. That's probably your best choice, but it's still rather dismal because it's on PCI, and PCI is relatively slow compared to AGP or PCI-E.
 
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