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About Chris Morrison
Expertise
Installation of cards. Difference between card types. What card is best for your purpose. Driver problems. All video issues.

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15 years experience with building, repairing and upgrading PCs. Technical support experience.

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Topic: Video Card Problems



Expert: Chris Morrison
Date: 3/25/2008
Subject: Videocard (Game graphics)

Question
I live in New Zealand and hope you can help coz LENOVO hotline here is useless. i have a AUS/NZ Lenovo J100 3000 Series Desktop, Intel Celeron D 2.93 Ghz. How do i know if i have a PCI Express Slot, as dont know even know what one is, but are u able to tell me if i can UPGRADE to a 128mb videocard (Current: SiS 661 Mirage 32mb (Driver version 6.14.10.3830)) and if so what would the model# of the recommended Card be in NZ. Have rung Lenovo here and they are USLESS. can you tell me "Your My Only Hope!". plz, plz, HELP!!!

Answer
well agp slots are usually brown in color. Pci slots are usually tan. PCI express slots are black or blown also. Depending on the motherboard manufacturer they can also be crazy colors.
Go here and download this program
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
it will tell you all the specs of your motherboard and mostly it will tell you your graphics interface

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