Hi, My HP PC comes with the ASUS PTGD-LA motherboard: It doesn't have any PCI-e slots but if you go to the link above and look at the diagram of the motherboard carefully, it looks like there is a space on the motherboard where a pci-e x16 slot is supposed be and purposely omitted it in the manufacturing. If you look at this motherboard's close cousin PTGD1-LA, which came out a few months after ( ), the only difference is that it has a PCI-e x16 slot on this board.

Are there any ways to add a PCI-e connector to my motherboard (like going to an HP dealer and ask them to solder a connector)? If not, is it possible to switch motherboards but keep all the software and hardware that originally came with the PC (Will it be more likely to be successful if I switch to its cousin, PTGD1-LA)? Yes it's theoretically possible but much much much more difficult than you think. 1) The slot isn't all you need.

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- When they don't put the slot on the board there's a LOAD of other things they skip installing. - Reststors, caps, diodes, voltage regulators to support that slot may or may not be there.

- They probably are not there. It makes the board cheaper and that's what OEM is all about. 2) To get the information as to what components are needed: you'd have to have a board with the slot there anyway to look at (and hope you can tell what they are 'cause some parts are too small to read anymore anyway), or, get your hands on the super secret engineering data that lists all those tiny little parts. (Not too likely unless you have a buddy at engineering at Asus.) 3) Cost. By the time you figure out what you need (if you can) and buy all those parts individually, and get the equipment to solder those tiny little buggers on, (or hire someone qualified in that kind of electronics work at $75+/- per hour to solder it on for you.) - HP isn't going to touch a job like that. HP doesn't 'build' motherboards.

The buy the OEM from companies like Asus and stick them in their systems. They'd just try to sell you a different board.

So, yes you can do it. My guess it would cost well over $500. Some info on swapping motherboards and keeping your hard drive: Alternately, if the board is virtually identical, you could just swap them out, run the OS and see if the current installation of XP balks. If not, just add your new mainboard drivers, reinstall sound, video drivers, etc. I don't know if HP locks the OS into the bios.Dell and other manufacturers do, so you may need to reactivate regardless, if swapping out the motherboard. It will most likely require a phone call to Microsoft.they'll ask you questions and allow activation depending on your answers.

Hi Myplace, No, it's not possible to add a PCI-e slot, without adding a ton of other features, as mentioned by PCBonez. There simply won't be enough 'supporting hardware' to handle to voltage requirements of PCI-e slot (because you want to put a video card in there, don't ya? =) To upgrade the motherboard, you'll have to buy it directly from HP, because your OEM version of Windows XP is bit-checked by the bios. To get the operating system to accept the new motherboard, you'll have to perform what's called a DMI-flash to the bios.

The software is HP proprietary, and only available for download directly from a password-protected HP website. Getting access to that site is dang near impossible, even for an HP contractor (like me). Posting the software is waaaaay illegal, and HP has zero sense of humor about this software package getting out into the open. The swap of the boards might work perfectly fine (because the HP OEM version of XP doesn't recheck itself with hardware changes, like the retail version), but if you ever want to reload the O/S, you'd need a retail version of Windows XP (or a successful DMI-flash like I described above), and the drive will require a complete reformat (no repair installs will be possible, unless you are able to find a local guy to do the DMI-flash for you). You can try to buy the board directly from HP, or you can buy it from a distributor like CP&S (computer parts & services), TechData, Ingram, or the like.