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PCI wireless N card does not fit in Studio XPS
I chatted with a Dell rep about what I needed for a wireless card for my Studio XPS. They told me it was a PCI card. I bought a Linksys card, came home, opened up the case and immediately noticed the open plugs on the board are miniature compared to the plug for the video card. Do I need a special card, or is there a different standard for this model PC.
This PC has room for 4 cards, the only one currently in use is the video card. This slot has the standard sized plug on the board that I am familiar with from installing other cards (NIC's, sound cards, video cards). The other 3 unused slots have these tiny, 1 inch long plugs. I have never seen PCI cards with the contact this short.
TheRealFireblad
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January 22nd, 2010 05:00
Many newer motherboards have a limited number of older PCI slots, with manufacturers opting to replace all but one or two of them, with newer PCI-E slots.
It sounds like the only slots available on your motherboard are PCI-E - not PCI?
However... from your description, it also sounds like the graphics card is plugged into a PCI slot , or (more likely) an AGP slot?
And you wouldn't have a PCI /AGP graphics card, if it was a newer motherboard?
So it's difficult to tell what you've got/what's available?
Copy/paste the following images into your browser's address bar.
They'll help you recognise exactly what slots - and how many of each, your motherboard includes:
PCI: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Pci-slots.jpg
AGP: http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/pc/docs/article/991008/agp.jpg
PCI-E: http://www.karbosguide.com/books/pcarchitecture/images/828.jpg