i didnt buy a hp, my cousin did. I'm still saving up for a new comp. but for the moment i'm living at my aunts (summer, cuz it's closer to where i work durring summer). anyways, the mobo says PCI-X, and that is obviously not PCI-Express, sorry for the mix up.
@lynx: yes its the exact same board, i can see the solder points for where the PCI-Express slot would be, but its not there, just the soldering points. it looks as if the PCI-Express was "taken" out of it, but taht's not the case (it just looks like that). if i can get his webcam to work, ill take a quick pic of it w/ the case off.
right now i'm looking at some cheap 775 socket compatible mobo's that either has 8x agp or PCI-express.
and for the record, yes, it does definitely say PCI-X on top of the very first PCI slot.
edit: i shouldn't say i'm looking for a cheap mobo, it's his comp after all, so he's the one buying i'm just gonna end up telling him which one. he doesn't know shit about comps but oh well he asked for my help and since i'm staying there might as well. one thing though guys i should just say right now, i have never done a complete "motherboard to motherboard" transfer. is it hard? i mean taking everything from your old motherboard (cpu+heatsink, drives, psu, ram, cooling, etc.) and putting it in the new one. Hopefully it's easy (probably not.....)
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