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Need to add second video card to Precision 690
I currently have a Quadro FX 1700 running a 30" monitor and a 24" monitor in Precision 690. I would like to add a second video card to run a third 24" monitor. I have some extra PCI-E cards laying around but none of them fit any of the empty slots. I have two available slots labeled PCIX and one slot labeled PCI. I have compared video cards interfaces on a online retailer and I can't find a card that matches any of the slots. What am I missing? I'm fairly computer literate but this has me stumped. Surely Dell doesn't use proprietary slots!!!! What video card will work? Thanks
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March 14th, 2014 17:00
Hi Pesaeng,
Here is your manual: ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_dell_precision_workstation/precision-690_user%27s%20guide_en-us.pdf
On page 6 is a layout of your motherboard. Your current video card is probably in the PCIe x16 slot. You still have three PCIe x4 slots, a regular old fashioned PCI slot, two PCI-X slots. There are no video cards for PCI-X, only PCI or PCIe.
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March 17th, 2014 08:00