VGA cable connecting

[Orphia Nay]

Will do, grmcdorman!

Thanks, Charlie!

 

[ddt]

I think that motherboard is an PCCHIPS M845G, from the number hiding behind the cables. That puts it at about ten years ago. I suspect it is PCI and AGP, with one of the little slots they used to provide for a modem or something. They don't have the manual on their website any more.

My Google search for the number M845G that's visible turned up Acer as possible manufacturer. Here's a site with a picture that matches Orphia's and the specs that say it's a PCIe x16 slot.

And 10 years old is a bit stark - the Pentium D processor was produced 2005-2008.

 

[Orphia Nay]

Thanks, ddt, and thanks everyone who have been trying to help.

 

[Urg]

Don't think this was mentioned yet but make sure the power supply is powerful enough to properly supply a video card you add.

 

[Cuddles]

Ahhhh pentium D.

You're making me all nostalgic.

Oh wow, I used to have one of those. The tricky part was always getting anyone to believe that there was such a thing as a dual core pentium.

I can also confirm that AGP was well out of fashion by that point (PCIe came out a year before pentium D), my pentium D machine definitely had PCIe slots.

 

[Wudang]

If none of that pans out I have a Matrox dual-head adaptor somewhere in my man box. 1 VGA in to 2 VGA out.

 

[CORed]

Oh wow, I used to have one of those. The tricky part was always getting anyone to believe that there was such a thing as a dual core pentium.

I can also confirm that AGP was well out of fashion by that point (PCIe came out a year before pentium D), my pentium D machine definitely had PCIe slots.

The first generation of Pentium processors were single core. I'm certainly not going to make fun of the OP's computer, since I'm still using a 2004 Dell. Fortunately I found when doing my last hdd replacement that the motherboard does have SATA connectors. IDE drives are getting to be hard to find.

Unfortunately, the video card slot is AGP, so if the video card ever fails it may be new computer time.

 

[Sam.I.Am]

AGP slots are always brown, not black, and were discontinued back around 2003 or so when PCIe came out. PCIe slots can be almost any color (I've seen blue, green, yellow, white or black depending upon the manufacturer). That makes it a bit harder to ID them sometimes.