BlackShadowWolf Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Hey everyone, I have a sort of stupid question, but Im going to ask anyway as I have no clue what I may be doing . I recently took over my parents old Gateway midtower that has a Pentium 4 motherboard w/ integrated graphics etc. On the board there is a 4x AGP slot, and after searching, one of the newest cards that still had 4x AGP connection was a nVidia Geforce4 Ti 4600, which I bought one on eBay. The problem is, for some reason Gateway put the motherboard on the opposite side of the tower than where it should be, so what happens is that the PCI cards I added had to be put in upside down, granted it shouldnt matter, but what Im concerned about is that the GeForce card will have to be put in upside down as well so it will correctly fit into the AGP slot and the case. Will this cause the card to fail as the fan is upside down etc? Sorry if its a stupid question, i just need to know . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borisbadenov Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Yes, you will have a problem. If you leave the graphics card in the way you mentioned, upside down, you will not so much have a problem with a video card that will fail but all the images on your monitor will be upside down. I suggest flipping your monitor as well so everything will be right side up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
consolation Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Boris, you know that's not true: putting a monitor upside down will make the picture fall out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Nope you should not have any problems. The fan will work perfectly fine. Though this card will not work in OSX. Only Geforce 4 AGP 8X cards work in OSX. http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=36507 For OSX get a 7600GS or ATI. Check the Wiki for details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackShadowWolf Posted May 12, 2007 Author Share Posted May 12, 2007 Nope you should not have any problems. The fan will work perfectly fine. Though this card will not work in OSX. Only Geforce 4 AGP 8X cards work in OSX. http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=36507 For OSX get a 7600GS or ATI. Check the Wiki for details. Hey thanks for the responses guys. I just wasn't sure if the fan would fall off or not work or something like that . As for OSX86, I wasnt planning on putting it on this machine as I already have a Macbook Pro. Though it would be ironic, OS X as the main system on a Gateway, and Windows on the Macbook Pro . Peace all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 I just realized, but all Graphics cards I have ever seen, have the fan facing towards the base of the case, away from the CPU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxfan66 Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Should work fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borisbadenov Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Boris, you know that's not true: putting a monitor upside down will make the picture fall out. You know, it's true!! I hung a picture on my wall of this scenic lake. It must not have been totally level because when I came home from holiday, I saw that the lake was now empty and there was a pool of water on the floor beneath the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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