Nothing to do with 4X vs. 2X, it's the difference in AGP I/O voltage. That
motherboard only supports 3.3V I/O, and it seems that the card you bought
only supports 1.5V I/O, which explains why the slot pattern prevents you
inserting it. However, I have never seen such a card that only supported
1.5V myself..

If, on the other hand, you're talking about that L-shaped part that sticks
out past the end of the AGP slot, it's supposed to be that way unless the
motherboard has a retention-clip part to grab that part of the card.

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"oodler" wrote in message
...
went ahead and purchased an Nvidia GEForce2 MX-400 for my semi-old system.
The problem became, once the card arrived, I
realized it wasn't the right _type_ of AGP card; apparently, cards made
for
newer AGP slots in newer computers won't physically fit in slots from 1999
motherboards; it has somethiing to do with the way different "speeds" of
AGP
card are manufactured- something about how cards made for 4x won't
physically fit in 1 or 2x slots. I only read this warning after purchasing
the card.

When I angrily Returned To Sender the item and asked www.tcwo.com to send
me
a compatible card, they informed me that "the age of your motherboard is
the
issue" and that there was nothing they could do except recredit my account
and let that be the end of it.

I'm forced to accept their decision but I still think it's bull****. I
know
several people with computers two or three years older than mine who are
able to use Nvidia AGP cards. So it boggles my mind that TCWO would not
have
the proper type of AGP card in stock.

I've got a Dell XPS-T600. And no, I'm not getting rid of
it and getting a new box; thanks anyway in advance. According to the
Belarc
System Profile Advisor, my motherboard's an Intel SE440BX-3 AA722396-108.


What's the proper "speed" of GeForce2 MX-400 to get for my computer?

Thanks