If my motherboard has no PCI slot for a graphics card, can I add a slot to it?

I was traded under warrenty a Compaq Presario with a H-Apricot-RS780L-uATX (Apricot) motherboard. It has onboard ATI Radeon HD 3000 graphics and no PCI slot to upgrade. Can I add a slot to it or am I stuck with it?
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Hi,
Sorry to say, but you can't add a PCI Express x16 slot to the Motherboard.
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