Can i replace the motherboard?

[Bennie-Mac]

Hi folks i have a bit of a problem...

I have a crappy HP pc for work, new software required wont run with the standard inbuilt graphics. I bought a new ATi 5450 1Gb card and installed it, error message basically says "Haha you noob, the 16x PCi Express slot you just put your card into isnt really a 16x PCi Express slot at all its a pointless ADD2/SDVO slot"

My response of "Fine ill just replace the motherboard then!" resulted in searching on here for a cheap one, but again my PC has thwarted me... My PC is back to front so to speak, so that instead of the motherboard being mounted on the right hand side of the case (if looking from the front of the PC) its mounted on the left. This means any motherboard i looked at was unsuitable as the connections etc are all in the wrong place as shown below. Is there anything i can do short of replacing the whole PC?

Thanks

My motherboard

Standard motherboard layout

 

[mattjd]

Assuming from the size of the inside it looks similiar to my school HP computers. Unfortunately HP are awkward so you cant replace the motherboard unless you replace the outer casing :/

So just get a cheapish outer casing like the Antec 300 for example.

 

[Bennie-Mac]

Assuming from the size of the inside it looks similiar to my school HP computers. Unfortunately HP are awkward so you cant replace the motherboard unless you replace the outer casing :/

So just get a cheapish outer casing like the Antec 300 for example.

Never even though about replacing the case! Cheers matt

 

[Orcvader]

Ah... that's a BTX motherboard. You can replace the motherboard, but I also recommend reinstalling Windows to avoid any major conflicts. Seems strange that it's not a PCIe slot though...