HP Pavilion a820n can use PCI-express video card?

Hi,
I have a HP Pavilion a820n computer. I would like to replace the on-
board graphics card with a plug-in type in order to use my LCD
monitor(1680X1050). On ebay, I find some cards are PCI-Express. On
internet I find the mother board in Pavilion a802n has three PCI
slots, see below. I want to know whether the PCI Express card can work
in my computer. Thanks in advance.










Expansion slots: Three PCI

On Jun 23, 8:36*pm, fl <rxjw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a HP Pavilion a820n computer. I would like to replace the on-
> board graphics card with a plug-in type in order to use my LCD
> monitor(1680X1050). On ebay, I find some cards are PCI-Express. On
> internet I find the mother board in Pavilion a802n has three PCI
> slots, see below. I want to know whether the PCI Express card can work
> in my computer. Thanks in advance.
>
> Expansion slots: *Three PCI

Although the specification of a820n says that it has three PCI slots.
I see only one notch in the bus connector. So, it is PCI or PCI
Express bus? Thanks.

The motherboard in the A820n is a low-end one which lacks any sort of true video
card slot, either AGP or PCI-Express. PCI and PCI-Express are incompatible,
despite the similarities in names. Your only choice with the system would be a
PCI card capable of handling the LCD resolution... Ben Myers

On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:36:42 -0700 (PDT), fl <> wrote:

>Hi,
>I have a HP Pavilion a820n computer. I would like to replace the on-
>board graphics card with a plug-in type in order to use my LCD
>monitor(1680X1050). On ebay, I find some cards are PCI-Express. On
>internet I find the mother board in Pavilion a802n has three PCI
>slots, see below. I want to know whether the PCI Express card can work
>in my computer. Thanks in advance.
>
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>Expansion slots: Three PCI

> Although the specification of a820n says that it has three PCI slots.
> I see only one notch in the bus connector. So, it is PCI or PCI
> Express bus? Thanks.

Look for youself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periphe...t_Interconnect
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCIe