I bought my computer in the fall of 2006, directly from Dell. I purchased an ATI Radeon 9500 video card to add to it (all it had was an Intel Graphics Controller). My motherboard has two PCI-e slots, which match up with the ATI card, with one exception - the ATI video card is too long, so the PCI-e slot does not align properly with the video card. Is this a peculiarity to Dell computers, maybe they make them so they can only use Dell components? Or are there actually different lengths of video cards? What am I missing here?|||I won't patronize you by asking if you have the right card/slot, you sound tech savvy enough to know the difference.
Some Dell boxes are shallow, and this is why your card/s won't fit.
Contact Dell for a list of compatible cards, eBay list cards that will fit in Dell boxes like yours.
This is an example of a card spec-ed for a shallow Dell box: http://cgi.ebay.com/ATI-Radeon-X1300-Pro…|||are you trying to put the graphics card into a AGP slot or a PCI slot. AGP slots are brown in color and pushed back from the edge of the motherboard by about 2 inches, and are sometime accompanied by a second, smaller slot directly behind it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated… a PCI slot is white and just off the edge of the motherboard. make sure you have the right type of card for the slot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_…|||Read the ATI box and ensure that it is a PCI-e card.
Then, check Dell's site again to ensure that your Motherboard does have EITHER an AGP or a PCI-e slot.
If the card is PCI-e AND the slot is too, then they will fit.
My guess is your MoBo has an AGP slot. If so, you'll have to exchange the ATI for an AGP version.|||Check this Picture
http://www.playtool.com/pages/vidslots/m…
you'll find the difference , youre probably trying to insert a pcie 16x graphic card into an agp
good luck|||Are you sure it isn't an AGP slot ?
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