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  #21  
Old 19th Jan 2008, 12:53
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I thought I would post some pics for you guys it might help determine if there is a graphics card or not.As I posted yesterday I know the motherboard details. NVIDIA nforce 520 .Here are some pics.
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Old 19th Jan 2008, 13:41
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Edit :

I think this is yor motherboard, so it has :

1 x PCI Express Graphics slot
1 x PCI Express x1 slot

and from your screenshots, it definitely has no graphics card.
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Old 19th Jan 2008, 13:51
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As a matter of interest, how old is this PC, because the spec is quite dated.
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Old 19th Jan 2008, 14:13
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Yikes

Was this PC new? That is a very cheap board, worth about £30.

As Philtomas said it has no graphics card.

You could add a PCI Express Graphics card though.
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Old 19th Jan 2008, 14:15
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I have attached just the start of the report as the file was too big to upload,but I am sure somewhere on the system details a NVIDIA nforce 520 was mentioned.
The system was updatedabout 18 months ago yes it is quite old I suppose.
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Brian
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Old 19th Jan 2008, 14:22
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I am fairly certain your motherboard was the one Philthomas linked to

this one


It is not so bad if it is 18 moths old. I got the impression you had just brought it.

Have you got any other problems with it except for the error messages that you can ignore?
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Old 19th Jan 2008, 14:23
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I see by all your shocked responses ,I have been had big time.
System originally purchased with an A3 printer for £1250.
and then charged a further £300 for a supposed uprade.
That what I get I suppose for not knowing what I was buying and putting my trust in the vendor.
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Old 19th Jan 2008, 14:27
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On the link you give serverguy it mentions NVIDIA gforce graphics.and that does look like the serial numbers i saw when i looked last night K8NF6G-VSTA
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Old 19th Jan 2008, 14:39
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The NVIDIA graphics are just the ones built into the motherboard. If you get a separate graphics card the job of producing the graphics gets taken away from the motherboard and given to the graphics card.

I think that you have been ripped off. What exactly did they upgrade...... for £300?

And I don't think that PC was ever worth £1250.... no way.
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Old 19th Jan 2008, 14:44
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The following was detailed on the receipt,
Reinstall to own HDD(whatever that is)
512mb RAM
New Case
AMD 3000+cpu
.Brian
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