On Friday 17 June 2005 13:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does anyone know if PCI cards can be put in PCI-X slots? I would not > mind if that PCI-X bus then slowed down to the lowest common speed. > This motherboard has two PCI-X buses, and I don't mind filling one > with PCI cards if that is possible. The FAQs I found were not exactly > enlightening. They seemed to want to give the impression that PCI and > PCI-X were compatible design-wise, without actually saying anything > practical to users, such as Can I Stuff A PCI Card Into A PCI-X Slot?
PCI and PCI-X are electrically, and software-wise, compatable. Thus PCI-X cards will work in PCI slots, and PCI cards will work in PCI-X slots. Mix and match, and the bus will slow to the lowest common speed. -- Mike Williams
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