PCIexpress / AGP

circuitbunny · 11-22-2007, 12:33 AM

hi friends .... i am doing my diploma in hardware & networking ... in my work book they have asked to identify the different slots in the motherboard .
I am having difficulty differentiating between PCIexpress & AGP slots as the pictures are in blacknwhite .... so i am unable to identify them based on color of the slots . Main problem is with x16PCIe n AGP ...... so can anybody tell me the easy way to identify them ????

thanks

**manic** · 11-22-2007, 07:21 AM

Agp slot is brown, in all of the boards Ive worked on. The pci-e is black,
not sure if that is standard.

HawMan · 11-22-2007, 03:31 PM

My PCI-E slots are white, but longer than AGP.

Crackz0r · 11-23-2007, 08:04 PM

yeah from what ive noticed PCIE is longer then AGP slots, also most AGP slots have 3 keys, meanwhile PCIE has only 2

Ericwaycotx · 11-23-2007, 08:50 PM

PCI-E is longer, but the color varies. My pci-e slots are orange.

AGP is generally brown, however not ALWAYS. I've seen some that were bright orange, green, etc on gigabyte boards.

XenoSage · 11-24-2007, 01:11 AM

The key markings is the best way to distringuish between PCI-E x16 and AGP, like the other user mentioned AGP = 3 Key slots PCI-E x16 = 2 Key slots. Also the length, but the obvious is the key slots.

11-22-2007, 12:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
circuitbunny Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1 OS: xpSP2	PCIexpress / AGP hi friends .... i am doing my diploma in hardware & networking ... in my work book they have asked to identify the different slots in the motherboard . I am having difficulty differentiating between PCIexpress & AGP slots as the pictures are in blacknwhite .... so i am unable to identify them based on color of the slots . Main problem is with x16PCIe n AGP ...... so can anybody tell me the easy way to identify them ???? thanks

11-22-2007, 07:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
manic Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 5,244 OS: xp	Re: PCIexpress / AGP Agp slot is brown, in all of the boards Ive worked on. The pci-e is black, not sure if that is standard. __________________

11-22-2007, 03:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
HawMan Liam Join Date: May 2006 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 2,940 OS: Win XP My System	Re: PCIexpress / AGP My PCI-E slots are white, but longer than AGP. __________________ Please Consider Donating to keep the site free.

11-23-2007, 08:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
Crackz0r Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 6 OS: XP Pro	Re: PCIexpress / AGP yeah from what ive noticed PCIE is longer then AGP slots, also most AGP slots have 3 keys, meanwhile PCIE has only 2

11-23-2007, 08:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
Ericwaycotx Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 334 OS: Xp Pro Sp2, Windows 2000 Server My System	Re: PCIexpress / AGP PCI-E is longer, but the color varies. My pci-e slots are orange. AGP is generally brown, however not ALWAYS. I've seen some that were bright orange, green, etc on gigabyte boards.

11-24-2007, 01:11 AM	#6 (permalink)
XenoSage Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 24 OS: WinVista x64	Re: PCIexpress / AGP The key markings is the best way to distringuish between PCI-E x16 and AGP, like the other user mentioned AGP = 3 Key slots PCI-E x16 = 2 Key slots. Also the length, but the obvious is the key slots. __________________ PSU: COOLER MASTER 850W MB: GIGABYTE GA-M59SLI-S5 nForce 590 SLI (BIOS F7) CPU: AMD64 FX-62 2.8GHz Dual Core RAM: 4x 1GB OCZ Titanium XTC PC2-6400 800 (3-4-4-12-2T) GPU: 2x XFX 8800GTX SC: 7.1 X-Fi Fatal1ty Pro Series OS: WinVista 64-Bit Ultimate SP2