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First post, by Der Kuenringer

Posted on 2019-08-04, 18:18

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Hello,

I'm looking for a motherboard with at least three expansion slots, but one that has the AGP slot on the outside edge of the board (doesn't matter if 3.3V or 1.5V). Has to be Win98 compatible. Does such a board exist?

I've quickly found quite a few with the AGP slot on the outside edge, caveat being that all of these only offer two expansion slots in total:

Shuttle FN45 (Socket A, nVidia nForce2 Ultra 400 chipset) (as part of Shuttle XPC SN45G & SN45GV2)
Shuttle SB61G2 (Socket 478, Intel 865G / ICH5 chipset) (as part of Shuttle XPC SB61G2 & SB61G2V3)
Shuttle FX83 (Socket 754, VIA K8M800 chipset) (as part of Shuttle XPC SK83G)
EPOX EP-4PGF (Socket 478, Intel 865G / ICH5 chipset) (as part of Epox eX5-320S)
Qbic SL-B9D-FGR (Socket 939, VIA K8T800 Pro chipset) (as part of Soltek EQ3901MAY-300P)

All the one's I've listed were part of 2000s small form factor PCs, and there are probably many more boards like that out there. However, I haven't been able to turn up anything with more than two expansion slots...

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Reply 1 of 9, by Warlord

Posted on 2019-08-04, 19:18

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why does the agp have to be on the outside edge?

Reply 2 of 9, by The Serpent Rider

Posted on 2019-08-04, 19:39

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Not possible.

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Reply 3 of 9, by Der Kuenringer

Posted on 2019-08-04, 20:02

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Warlord wrote:
why does the agp have to be on the outside edge?

I'd like to do a SFF build with a passively cooled Voodoo 5 in a HDPlex H5 case.
Having the slot on the outside edge would make my life a bit easier, otherwise I would have to wildly decorate the inside with riser cable.

The Serpent Rider wrote:
Not possible.

Doesn't exist?

Reply 4 of 9, by Kamerat

Posted on 2019-08-05, 03:51

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Shuttle FS51. Probably your only option, the other boards you suggested doesn't run with the Voodoo 5 5500, it won't fit the AGP slot.

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Reply 5 of 9, by Warlord

Posted on 2019-08-05, 05:15

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sounds like a pain to me. riser cable maybe your only option and thats the problem with small form factors. The other thing is you picked a case that you need to do a reverse riser instead of a case that used a normal riser you wouldn't need paddle boards and riser cables. well you still may of needed a paddle board for atleast 1 slot but you wouldned of needed a paddle board for the AGP to go into a reverse riser on slot 1.

To me you are going about this entire thing wrong just for the sake of not needing riser cables. You are gimping your motherboard just because you don't want to run riser cables. 😐 even if you found the only motherboard that had the slot configuration you want it could be a pretty bad motherboard just for the sake of cable management.

Reply 6 of 9, by The Serpent Rider

Posted on 2019-08-05, 07:21

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Doesn't exist?

There's literally no room for a third slot.

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Reply 7 of 9, by Thermalwrong

Posted on 2019-08-05, 11:05

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You could consider the NLX form factor motherboards. Those have the AGP slot on the board's edge and implement additional slots with a riser card on the side of the board. Not quite the right time period for a Voodoo 5 5500, but probably the only type of motherboard to have both features. I'm also not sure it can physically fit such a card without significant modification, because there are ports where the edge of a regular AGP card would fit. The NLX standard died out quickly for a reason 😁

Reply 8 of 9, by Der Kuenringer

Posted on 2019-08-05, 14:58

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Kamerat wrote:
Shuttle FS51. Probably your only option, the other boards you suggested doesn't run with the Voodoo 5 5500, it won't fit the AGP slot.

I was considering either a card mod or special riser cable for AGP4x compatibility, so I would have more options when it comes to motherboard choice.

Thermalwrong wrote:
You could consider the NLX form factor motherboards. Those have the AGP slot on the board's edge and implement additional slots with a riser card on the side of the board. Not quite the right time period for a Voodoo 5 5500, but probably the only type of motherboard to have both features. I'm also not sure it can physically fit such a card without significant modification, because there are ports where the edge of a regular AGP card would fit. The NLX standard died out quickly for a reason 😁

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Now that's a bit too exotic even for me 🤣

I think I'll just stick with two expansion slots or standard mobo with riser decoration, if there are no other options - or maybe I'll just abandon the idea altogether...

Reply 9 of 9, by The Serpent Rider

Posted on 2019-08-05, 16:41

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Risers won't fit in a typical barebone case.

I must be some kind of standard: the anonymous gangbanger of the 21st century.

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