asked on 3/30/2004

Stupid Question

Can you plug in a PCI-X card into a standard PCI slot. The Card appears to be longer than the standard slot.

-b

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Phoenix92x

4/1/2004

Phoenix92x

3/31/2004

no you cannot. you need a pci-x slot to do this.
Sorry for ya, but PCI-X is an up and coming technology, so just wait for it, it'll come ^_^
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Phoenix

Callandor

3/31/2004

That is not true. PCI-X cards will fit in PCI slots; they just won't operate at higher bandwidth than PCI. PCI bandwidth is 532MB/sec max, PCI-X bandwidth is 1.06GB/sec max.

http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid1_gci213746,00.html

ciooal

3/31/2004

ASKER

I saw on a web site that you can plug them in and they will "just hang over" the extra bit that is a 64 bit PCI vs a 32 bit PCI. Has anyone done this? I have several older Dell Poweredge 2450's that I must upgrade to 1 Gb/s NICs and all I see available are the larger PCI-X 64 bit NICs and all I have are the smaller 32 bit PCI slots. Just strikes me as odd.

-b

Callandor

3/31/2004

Take a look at the link I posted, it says the cards are physically compatible as far as fitting the regular PCI slot.

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wadegiles

3/31/2004

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wadegiles

4/1/2004

Oh and it isn't a stupid question. Regarding PCI-X and PCI-Express, they are different technologies. PCI-X is backwards compatible, whereas PCI Express is NOT. PCI-X, like PCI, is a serial bus. PCI Express is a parallel bus. Just more FYI.

Phoenix92x

4/1/2004

That's what it was, I was thinking of PCI-Express, heh, sorry bout that!