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ar4senal   05-19-2008 at 08:45:50 PM

Okay, picked up an insprion 530 with the q660 about 2 weeks ago, the first think i did when i got home was order an eVGA 8800GT superclocked edition. Well i have been waiting for it to arrive, and it finnally did today! So i take apart the case and find the pci e slot for it only to figure out that it will not fit. Does anyone else have any experience with this combination of hardware? If you do how did you remedy the situation? Any help is greatly appreciated!!

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romulus47plus1   05-19-2008 at 10:25:25 PM
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What motherboard?
I mean the motherboard of your system

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dirtmountain   05-19-2008 at 11:06:53 PM
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an actual model number would help, can look up motherboad with that info. Sometimes (depending on mobo) it's possible to move SATA cables to allow room to fit. Also some 8800s graphic cards have a shorter board then others (Gigabyte) uses a shorter board.

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Shedimus   05-19-2008 at 11:28:36 PM
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Dell is all propriatary so you're possibly screwed on this matter!

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dirtmountain   05-20-2008 at 01:25:09 AM
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Here's a previous thread about the Inspiron 530 and video card. One owner of that system says he can only use a single slot video card. Not sure if this thread will help you. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] l-inspiron

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Bronze Graphics badge jay2tall   05-20-2008 at 05:47:52 PM
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Ok so you say it doesn't fit? Do you mean it doesn't fit in the PCI-E slot, the length of the card is to long, or something else? Please clarify.

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dos1986   05-20-2008 at 06:01:10 PM
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Go to dell community forums, most here dont have a clue about dell's

http://www.dellcommunity.com/suppo [...] 05#M166205

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aznstriker92   05-21-2008 at 01:33:01 AM
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I have a Dell E510 and a 8800GT and it works fine. but I have no clue how close they are togetheir

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Bronze Graphics badge jay2tall   05-21-2008 at 06:24:22 PM
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I've had people on here talk about the Inspiron 530s which is the slim model. Maybe this is what he means?

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