Stewart B Lone on 4 Jan 2006 22:26:01 -0000 |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Aaron Mulder wrote: >> On 1/3/06, Toby DiPasquale <toby@cbcg.net> wrote: >> > >>>>AFAIK, most PCIe boards can accept PCI-X cards in PCIe slots. Intel's can, >>>>anyway. > >> >> >> Really? That's cool. But it has to depend on the speed of the slot, >> right? I mean, the x1 PCI Express slots are only like 1" long, and a >> PCI-X slot is huge. >> >> Hmm -- I'm not so sure I believe you. For example, >> >> http://intel.com/design/servers/boards/se7525gp2/index.htm >> >> The PCI Express and PCI-X slots are separate on that one. But it's >> the only one I checked. :) >> >> Anyway, regarding Doug's point on 533 MHz PCI-X, the fastest card I've >> actually seen is 64-bit 133Mhz, but perhaps they're building them to >> the faster spec now. >> >> Aaron >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org >> Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >> General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> PCIe slots come in a couple of iterations. A "normal" looking one for vidio cards etc., And, the smaller aproximately 1" size for nic cards and the like that require a smaller pinout. I also think that there is another intermediate size but dont have any experience as to what its use is. Here is a picture of the larger and smaller PCIe slots:- http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1495397&CatId=0is. Stewart -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDvEtr1vinaKkVZy4RAtdlAJ9AxZr04/CcYnNqJulfCHl0SY2tDACcCAa6 Be3Sexud8XsJAwEkwYFwZNQ= =TF1W -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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