pci-x ?

[ezkim0x]

http://i32.tinypic.com/102knww.jpg

this is a picture of inside a dell I have.. I need to add a usb hi-speed card for it.. I'm not sure if those are pci-x connectors or what?

 

[cubby1223]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16815124007

 

[robisbell]

make and model of Dell, please, looks like PCI, but without info about the system, I'm blindly guessing.

 

[cubby1223]

Originally posted by: robisbell
make and model of Dell, please, looks like PCI, but without info about the system, I'm blindly guessing.

The picture is more than adequate to identify the slots. All he needs is a pci usb card with the proper voltage notch.

 

[robisbell]

thanks cubby, for not trying to help.

 

[ezkim0x]

it's a Dell Poweredge 600sc

so is that regular pci.. not pci-x?

EDIT:

found this link: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=412728

basically had the same problem because I started to put in a usb controller that I had in a previous computer and it doesn't fit.

 

[robisbell]

thanks, those are ordinary PCI.

per the system manual
"The system accommodates up to five full-length 3.3-V PCI expansion cards (one 32-bit, 33-MHz card and up to four 64-bit, 33-MHz cards)."

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: robisbell
thanks cubby, for not trying to help.

Thanks Robisbel for just asking stupid questions to up your post count, didnt they ban you once already?

The picture provided is more than enough for any real tech to identify the slot type.

Try actually helping people and not asking irrelevant questions and maybe people will stop being so hostile. We are here to HELP, not raise the post count

Cubby provided the correct answer from the pic while you were still pissing around about exact models.

 

[Soundmanred]

Don't bother, he's not going to change.
Just hope he doesn't start PMing you.
Might go for the pre-emptive block on this one.

 

[daveybrat]

PCI eXtended) An enhanced PCI bus technology originally developed by IBM, HP and Compaq that is backward compatible with existing PCI cards. PCI and 32-bit PCI-X slots are physically the same, and PCI cards can plug into PCI-X slots. PCI-X cards will run in PCI slots, but at the slower PCI rates. The 64-bit PCI-X slots are longer

Those are simply 64-bit PCI-X slots. Any PCI card will work just fine in them.

 

[robisbell]

per the Dell Poweredge 600sc system manual : "The system accommodates up to five full-length 3.3-V PCI expansion cards (one 32-bit, 33-MHz card and up to four 64-bit, 33-MHz cards)."

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Too late. But in any case I ignore him, hopefully he will get another vacation soon.

 

[robisbell]

RadiclDreamer, and Soundmanred, kindly do try and fix people's problem, if you can't, kindly step aside and let those of us that will put the effort into actually solving problems, and kindly keep your immature bickering to PM's, that way I can log it all and not bother the good people that come here for real help, unlike what you both offer, nothing.

 

[Quiksilver]

Originally posted by: robisbell
per the Dell Poweredge 600sc system manual : "The system accommodates up to five full-length 3.3-V PCI expansion cards (one 32-bit, 33-MHz card and up to four 64-bit, 33-MHz cards)."

Backwards compatibility.
You can use a 64-bit PCI card in a 32 bit slot, just like you can use a 32-bit card in a 64-bit slot.

I don't see how davey was wrong in what he said.

 

[robisbell]

PCI-X is a parallel interface that is directly backward compatible with all but the oldest (5-volt) standard PCI devices. the OP only has standard PCI, not PCI-x. from what the tech specs are showing, at least, if someone has more detailed info, I'll be glad to fix my statement, but so far, no one has shown it's PCI-x.

http://www94.web.cern.ch/hsi/s...32pci64/slottypes.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P...Component_Interconnect

and finally, a nice little PDF which to me indicates they are standard PCI slots with 3.3v and 5v keys on them.

http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research.../FAQs/pci-overview.pdf

 

[Quiksilver]

I read, davey's statement wrong; thought it just said 'PCI' didn't see he mention '-X" in which yeah, he is wrong as those are PCI slots. Still kinda confusing thought because PCI-X slots have the same key's the manual for the system says otherwise.

This is useful to OP.
http://support.dell.com/suppor...t/1r237c6a.htm#1059976

Edit Happy:

PCI-X is generally backward-compatible with most cards based on the PCI 2.x[1] or later standard, meaning that, a PCI-X card can be installed in a PCI slot, provided it has the correct voltage keying for the slot and (if inserting into a 32-bit slot) nothing obstructs the overhanging part of the edge connector.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI-X

 

[Quiksilver]

must be hax. (DP).

 

[Soundmanred]

Originally posted by: robisbell
RadiclDreamer, and Soundmanred, kindly do try and fix people's problem, if you can't, kindly step aside and let those of us that will put the effort into actually solving problems, and kindly keep your immature bickering to PM's, that way I can log it all and not bother the good people that come here for real help, unlike what you both offer, nothing.

Kindly go away kindly.

 

[RebateMonger]

The Dell 600SC was an odd duck that used the then-uncommon 3.3 Volt PCI cards. Pretty much every PCI card made after 2004 or so should handle it fine. Cubby1223's original suggestion, a PCI 2.2 card, would work.

Five PCI expansion slots located on the system board. PCI slots 2 through 5 are 64-bit, 33-MHz, 3.3-V slots; PCI slot 1 is a 32-bit, 33-MHz, 3.3-V slot.