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Does anyone know if a PCI-X card can be used in a PCI-E slot?
Sandra
Posted 2011-10-18T07:33:38.923
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Can a PCI-X card be used in a PCI-E slot?
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No, i believe you can use PCI in PCI-X (but not vice versa) since PCI-X is a extension to the PCI protocol. The only slot that a PCI-X card will work with is a PCI X slot
PCI-E is a whole different distinct protocol despite the name and is electrically and physically incompatible - the card definitely won't fit by design, and almost everything is different between PCI/PCI-X and PCI-E
It almost absolutely will not work
Journeyman Geek
Posted 2011-10-18T07:33:38.923
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In addition to what Journeyman Geek has rightly said.
You can still use a riser card implementation which will provide with a proper PCI-X to PCIe bridge. One such option is this
IUnknown
Posted 2011-10-18T07:33:38.923
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