Rob, That is an excellet link. It was even better when I figured out how to get my pdf viewer to rotate it so I didn't have to look at the screen with my neck to one side. Ha!
I had never heard of PCI-X slots before. I will try putting the card in one of the other slots later today, and get back regarding whether it works or not. Thanks again Kevin --- Rob Peinert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, the secret to PCI and PCI-X slots is that > their cards are supposedly > interchangeable. I haven't personally tried this, > but the spec states that > PCI cards can be used in PCI-X slots, AND > vice-versa. The slots are > keyed...bottom line, if it fits, it should work. A > standard PCI card will > work an *any* of your slots. > > The caveat is that the slowest card on the bus in > question determines the > overall bus speed, something to consider if you have > some high performance > PCI-X cards already installed. > > By pretty much random luck, I found a PDF from Digi > that just happens to > have the logical layout of your particular Dell's > PCI/PCI-X busses, plus > lots of general PCI/PCI-X info: > http://www.digi.com/pdf/prd_msc_pcitech.pdf > > In any event, slots don't seem to be your > problem....but switching the card > to any of your other slots should be ok, just to see > if your standard PCI > slot is bad. Also, perhaps try using a different > peripheral with the > card...maybe a simple mouse or keyboard, to rule out > a problem with the > drive itself. > > Or pick up that firewire card like you were > considering. Maybe your USB > card is bad. > > HTH, > > Rob Peinert > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Kevin > Toppenberg > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 3:28 PM > To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] DVD For backup... > (more) > > Rob, > > Thanks for the help. > > Here is a link that tells about my box. It is a > Dell > Poweredge 2600. > > http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pedge_2600?c=us > &cs=28&l=en&s=dfb&~page=2&~tab=specstab#tabtop > > On the left-hand side of the screen, there is a link > for "PowerEdge 2600 Spec Sheet" > > For the IO slots is says: > Seven expansion slots: 2 x 64-bit/133 Mhz PCI-X; 4 x > 64/100 Mhz PCI-X; 1 x 32-bit/ 33 Mhz PCI > > So the longer slots that I thought were ISA slots > must > in fact be 64 bit PCI slots. > > But I've not seen different PCI type slots. I > wonder > how to tell them appart when ordering parts? > > Thanks > Kevin > > --- Rob Peinert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I subscribed to this list in the middle of this > > thread, so I missed the > > exact details about your board. But here is some > > info you might find > > interesting... > > > > If you do have a PCI 1.0 slot, I would imagine > that > > would be a problem...I > > think the spec was still pretty much incomplete at > > this stage of > > development, and I don't think anyone actually > > implemented it. > > > > As far as I know, the first PCI mobos were based > on > > the "Saturn" (chipset > > identifiers end in "ZX" on these boards) 486 Intel > > chipsets circa 1994, > > which was after the PCI 2.0 spec was released. > > However I recall these > > boards had a lot of PCI problems and went through > > several revisions. I > > suspect the PCI implementation on any pre-Pentium > > board are probably shaky > > at best...PCI 2.1 did fix a lot of problems and > > roughly corresponded to the > > release of the Pentium (late '95). > > > > Anyhow, hope this helps you some...if you wanna > send > > me some specifics on > > the motherboard, I can probably come up with > > something a little more > > concrete :) > > > > Rob Peinert > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of Kevin > > Toppenberg > > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 12:46 PM > > To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] DVD For backup... > > (more) > > > > The more I think about my system, the more I > believe > > that its PCI slot must be PCI 1.0. The other > slots > > are ISA. > > > > My USB 2.0 card that is not working, I have > > discovered > > requires a PCI 2.1 slot. I think this is why my > DVD > > burner is not showing up, or is acting > irratically. > > > > The DVD burner can also connect with IEEE 1394 > > (FireWire). But all the 1394 cards I find on the > > web > > are PCI (and I worry that it is really PCI 2.x). > I > > can't find an ISA one. > > > > So I wonder if I am stuck with my older > motherboard > > not being able to support a newer DVD burner. > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > Thanks > > Kevin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! 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