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PCI Card In PCI-X Slot
PCI slots are full. I have PCI-X slots open. Will a PCI card work in a PCI-X slot? The PCI slots are described in computer specs as "2 PCI-X 64bit/100MHz slots with support for 3.3v or universal cards".
The PCI card I want to use is this one which is PCI 2.2 compliant.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815124003
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Nope, it is a totally different standard. I'd be very surprised if you could even get one to physically fit in the slot.
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I just found this
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/19...will-work-slot
and this
http://support.gateway.com/s/Servers...655faq51.shtml
and this
http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/...hreadId=985680
Now I am not sure what to do.
SuperSparks are you 100% sure of your answer? I am talking about PCI-X. Not PCI-e. My motherboard has PCI, PCI-X and PCI-e.
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If the slot is a PCI-X slot and not a PCI Express slot, the card should work. The card won't fit into a PCI Express slot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI-X
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Thanks jdc2000.
I do not understand all this "buss" stuff. If I plug this PCI card into a PCI-X slot will it have any adverse affect on my system? Will it cause some other card in a different slot to perform at a lesser standard?
Here are the slots in my computer.
1 PCI-e x8 slot wired as x4
2 PCI-e x16 Gen2 graphics slot w/ Dual 150W; (300W total)
2 PCI-X 64bit/100MHz slots with support for 3.3v or universal cards
1 PCI 32bit/33Mhz slot
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Since you do have the slots, most unusual, then yes, you have the right type of card.
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Train just for clarification purposes - are you agreeing with jdc2000 and saying that the PCI card will run OK in the PCI-X slot?
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Thanks everyone for your help.
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Sorry, my mistake, I thought you were referring to PCI-express :o