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Hope you all had a good Christmas or other holiday!
I have a client who has a fairly old computer, likely 6 years old, it's a HP Pavillion Slimline S5117c Desktop. It has integrated graphics with a VGA hookup. Recently, everything has turned green on all of the three different monitors I attached it to, I've also tried other VGA cables so unfortunately the onboard graphics seem to be dying.
The specs say the motherboard, "supports PCI Express x16 graphics cards." I don't know if it's PCI Express 1.0, 1.1, or 2.0. I think it's 2.0 but I'm really not certain. I can't find specifics in any of the documentation available online for the computer.
Assuming it's 2.0, I think a 1gb card would be more than adequate as all the computer does is handle payment processing at the front of the store.
This is the card I'm thinking about purchasing: https://www.amazon.com/MSI-Profile-PCI-Express-R6450-MD1GD3-LP/dp/B004X6ABTM/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1482963799&sr=8-5&keywords=PCI+Express+x16+graphics+cards
I'd appreciate any advice this community could provide. I think he would be better off with a new computer but that doesn't seem likely at this point. I feel like if the onboard graphics are failing that may point to a deeper problem inside the motherboard, or it may be a canary in the coal mine so to speak, warning that motherboard failure is imminent.
Anyways, the client would like to try installing a separate graphics card first and he wants to order one tomorrow morning so again, all advice is appreciated. Sorry for the short notice, thanks in advance.
I have a client who has a fairly old computer, likely 6 years old, it's a HP Pavillion Slimline S5117c Desktop. It has integrated graphics with a VGA hookup. Recently, everything has turned green on all of the three different monitors I attached it to, I've also tried other VGA cables so unfortunately the onboard graphics seem to be dying.
The specs say the motherboard, "supports PCI Express x16 graphics cards." I don't know if it's PCI Express 1.0, 1.1, or 2.0. I think it's 2.0 but I'm really not certain. I can't find specifics in any of the documentation available online for the computer.
Assuming it's 2.0, I think a 1gb card would be more than adequate as all the computer does is handle payment processing at the front of the store.
This is the card I'm thinking about purchasing: https://www.amazon.com/MSI-Profile-PCI-Express-R6450-MD1GD3-LP/dp/B004X6ABTM/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1482963799&sr=8-5&keywords=PCI+Express+x16+graphics+cards
I'd appreciate any advice this community could provide. I think he would be better off with a new computer but that doesn't seem likely at this point. I feel like if the onboard graphics are failing that may point to a deeper problem inside the motherboard, or it may be a canary in the coal mine so to speak, warning that motherboard failure is imminent.
Anyways, the client would like to try installing a separate graphics card first and he wants to order one tomorrow morning so again, all advice is appreciated. Sorry for the short notice, thanks in advance.
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