Your mistake here is thinking PCI and PCI Express are the same thing. They aren't.
PCI Express is also known as PCIe, its a much smaller slot. You'll want a PCIe card. Your other mistake is overusing the word "modem". The only time its appropriate in your whole email is "DSL Modem". Every other time you used it you meant "network card". -Curt Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 08:53:12 -0400 From: "Gerry Archer" <arche...@embarqmail.com> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: [MBZ] Computer question Message-ID: <2D8420B0FDCA4040B37EFFBA4E68D209@PC466116028214> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original A friends Dell P6754yPC desktop computer won't connect to the internet. I fixed the TCP/IP but now Window7 says the rj45 modem is bad (the wireless modem works okay). There's a lot of lightning in this area that often takes out internal modems. Since the rj45 modem is part of the motherboard, I'm wondering if I can simply use an Intel PRO/1000 GT Desktop Adapter - PCI - 1 x RJ-45 - 10/100/1000Base-T - Internal modem or equivalent? This computer is connected to a DSL modem. The long motherboard socket where the Intel modem would plug in has one notch. The Intel modem has two notches. Motherboard description lists these slots, one of which is in use by a wireless modem. 1 PCI Express x16 slot for graphics card 3 PCI Express x1 slots 1 PCI Express x1 minicard slot Modem description says: Compatible with x1, x4, x8, and x16 full-height and low-profile PCI Express slots Thanks, Gerry _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
