Running This OS off a Sandisk and using the hard disk slot for an Nidia M.2 Graphics card

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Running This OS off a Sandisk and using the hard disk slot for an Nidia M.2 Graphics card

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Yes I want to get a Dell optiplex 760 and use it's hard drive slot for an M2_VGA graphics card and set that to physics. I want to get an adapter that has an SD slot and a M.2 slot and plug it in where the hard drive would normally go. This will work right? and if so Why not tinycore over Bionic Pup? I will be using 3ghz cpu and 4gb of ram btw.

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Re: Running This OS off a Sandisk and using the hard disk slot for an Nidia M.2 Graphics card

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It would help if you could provide more details on specs of this computer.

I will be using 3ghz cpu and 4gb of ram btw.

If that is the hardware, use a newer version of Puppy Linux.
Bionicpup64 is starting to show it's age.
Plus it is using a series 4 Linux kernel.

That hardware (M.2 stuff) is probably not supported in series 4 kernels.

You need to be using a Puppy version using a series 5 kernel.

I suggest one of these:
Fossapup64 9.5
LxPupSC64
ScPup64

Doesn't this computer already have some kind of graphics hardware?
If yes.
Sure that is not all you would need?
If it is not using the graphics integrated in the CPU.
It should have a graphics card plugged into the motherboard.
Would be better to get a newer card to replace that one.
If the motherboard has a PCI-Express 2.0 x16 interface.
About any modern graphics card would work.
Put it probably would need to be the type that does not need additional power not provided by the slot it plugs into.
the power supply in the computer may or may not have needed power plug to provide extra power.

I have no idea about the M2_VGA graphics card or adapter needed to use it.
Not sure if there would be Linux drivers to support it.
The manufactures web site and provided info about the hardware, is going to have to provide that info.

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