On Friday 17 June 2005 10:14 am, 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 ar
On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 05:47 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a Tyan K8S-Pro (2882) which has 1 PCI slot and 4 open slots on
> two PCI-X buses. It also has a crummy graphics chip which I want to
> replace with a PCI card I have. but that single PCI slot is occupied
> by a USB/Firewire board
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
On Friday 17 June 2005 14:22, Pascal BERTIN wrote:
> 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.
Are you sure
On 6/17/05, Pascal BERTIN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 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 commo
On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 03:22:13PM +0200, Pascal BERTIN wrote:
>
> 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
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
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 possi
I have a Tyan K8S-Pro (2882) which has 1 PCI slot and 4 open slots on
two PCI-X buses. It also has a crummy graphics chip which I want to
replace with a PCI card I have. but that single PCI slot is occupied
by a USB/Firewire board. I have a different USB/Firewire PCI board
which may or may not be
