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[ILUG] [OT] PCI Graphics Card (Low-Profile)

[ILUG] [OT] PCI Graphics Card (Low-Profile)

laurent laurentc at iol.ie
Fri Nov 5 13:37:26 GMT 2010


Hi

Le vendredi 05 novembre 2010 à 13:28 +0000, Matthew a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> I know this is off-topic but maybe someone on the list can help me out..
> 
> I have a Dell Dimension C521*. The on-board graphics has failed. The 
> machine has a PCIe slot but due to the low power of the PSU it will not 
> support any of the PCIe graphics cards I've tried in it (roughly 4) or 
> perhaps this is also blown - I haven't tried any other PCIe cards in it.
> 
> I have, however, got the machine to use a regular 32MB PCI graphics 
> card. Trouble is that the card is too tall (~ 9 cm) and will not allow 
> the side case to close. So, what I'm looking for is an old PCI graphics 
> card someone has lying around that is not quite as tall (< 8 cm). I 
> don't care about the bracket - I can just remove it.
> 
my antique matrox is 8.5cm high sorry

> Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!
> 
> * 
> http://support.euro.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dimc521/en/SM_EN/techov.htm#wp1052632
> 
> -- 
> Matthew




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