Mike Williams wrote: > Are you sure you've got that the right way round? > I though 5V PCI cards have a second slot in the connector, 3.3V's do not. So > you can't put a 3.3V card in a 5V slot, but can put a 5V card in a 3.3V slot. > 3.3V cards that can handle 5V are the exception, and to add more confusion, > there are probably boards with 3.3V style connectors, than can supply 5V if > required too. Fun, eh? > I can't get my hands on a PCI-X equipped board the moment to verify. > > Do PCI-X slots have both 3.3 and 5V versions? >
In fact you are right, most recent PCI cards have the two slots, so they can fit in both 3.3V and 5V slots (so do PCI-X cards). Unfortunatly, some don't, so just make sure it will fit. I don't really know the proportion of cards that are ok, I only know that I've had troubles because of a card that wouldn't go in a PCI-X connector. I think that the only way to be sure is to really look you connectors/cards. By the way, if someone had a really complete quide of compatibility between PCI, PCI66, PCIX I'd take it. Pascal -- [email protected] mailing list
