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Old 03-04-2007   #7 (permalink)
Lee Collison


 
 

Re: Video Card question

This is great as well. I know networking really good, but hardware is an
area that I do not concentrate on and there are a lot of hardware experts out
that, I see that now. Thanks guys.

"Mike Hall - MS MVP" wrote:

> Lee
>
> Dell may not want to help you, but others may.. there are power supply
> manufacturers who will tell you if you need a special power supply for your
> board.. the picture of the tower layout in the Dell manual online looks to
> be a standard ATX case fitting (where it fits and screws to the case).. at
> the cable end, if it is the Dell special, adapter cables can be purchased
> that will convert the standard ATX power outlet to Dell motherboard power
> connector.. two links for you..
>
> This one for the power supply info.. you may have to call them..
>
> http://www.pcpower.com/products/powe...ector/dell.htm
>
> And this one for the adapter cable that will convert any ATX power supply to
> Dell spec..
>
> http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/...=dellconverter
>
>
> "Lee Collison" <LeeCollison@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E11399E9-9B74-4921-9FA4-8B1369C9BB00@microsoft.com...
> > Here is what I want to do. I have a perfectly good computer that has a
> > lot
> > of data on it, but the problem is I have a 200 Watt power supply. I can
> > not
> > upgrade the power supply per the hardware vendor, so what I am wondering
> > is
> > the following:
> >
> > Is there a 256 MB AGP (or PCI) video that will work with a 200 Watt power
> > supply that will allow me to use AERO features or Vista? My computer does
> > not have a PCI Express slot.
> >
> > Thanks

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> Mike Hall
> MS MVP Windows Shell/User
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
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