Mike Williams wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 

Pay attention, that PCI-X slots are compatible with PCI 3.3V cards.
if you have a PCI 5V card, it won't fit in the slot.

We had this problem earlier, and we found that what was advertised as
fully backward compatible is not.
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