Does a mini PCIe to PCIe slot adapter exist?

I know there are similar questions to mine, but in this case I need to insert a mini PCIe card into a PCIe slot.

Summing it up, I have a mini-ITX motherboard with a PCIe x16 slot and I have a mini PCIe HDCP capture card.

Is there any way to insert this mini PCIe into the PCIe x16 slot? An adapter would be fine.

João Amaro

Posted 2018-06-06T09:22:27.330

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1It’s commonly called PCIe to Mini-PCIe adapter, not the other way. That being said, out of curiosity: what’s an “HDMI card”? – Daniel B – 2018-06-06T09:27:24.200

@DanielB here's the card I have: http://www.magewell.com/pro-capture-mini-hdmi

– João Amaro – 2018-06-06T09:30:37.453

That is a HDCP capture cards. I edited it in. (Just HDMI is ike saying I have a 'copper thing' rather than a 'copper tube'). – Hennes – 2018-06-06T10:37:34.240

Answers

Adapters do exist and are quite cheap. As little as $10 on eBay.
Mini-PCIe to PCIe-1x or PCIe-4x are most common and will fit in a PCIe-16x slot. (mini-PCIe can't have 16 PCIe lanes anyway.)
There are also "sets" consisting of an adapter and a min-PCIe WLAN card. You could take the WLAN card out and replace it with your capture card, because the converter is generic and will work with outer mini-PCIe cards.

Please note: mini-PCIe devices can use either PCIe or USB to make the connection. Be careful to buy a converter compatible with the variant your capture card uses. Not every converter can handle both variants.

Tonny

Posted 2018-06-06T09:22:27.330

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Thanks. I really had already seen them on eBay but I didn't knew they could work with my card too. Already requested one. – João Amaro – 2018-06-06T12:10:58.530