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Re: pci-e vs. pci-x scsi cards

Subject Re: pci-e vs. pci-x scsi cards
Newsgroups comp.os.os2.setup.storage
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From dilbert firestorm <scanb31@bytemei-55.com>
Date 2015-07-25 22:58 -0500
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On 7/25/2015 8:29 PM, ivan wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 03:36:17 UTC, dilbert firestorm
> <scanb31@bytemei-55.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm queuing for these cards and I see a lot of pci cards being
>> mis-labeled as PCI-e when its PCI-X and vice versa!
>>
>> Arrggh!!!! :(
>
> Agreed!  PCI-X cards have extra connectors to allow them to be used in
> servers with all the remote control and monitoring.  They can and will
> work in standard PCI sockets provided there isn't any hardware
> (capacitors, heat sinks, large ICs etc.) to get in the way because
> they are generally 3/4 or full length cards.
>
> ivan
>
pci-x still works in standard PCI, despite the tab's 3/4 length?

I'd have to look when I get that asrock 4coredual mobo to see if it has 
obstacles.

would the last part of the tab need to be covered up?

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Dilbert Firestorm

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pci-e vs. pci-x scsi cards dilbert firestorm <scanb31@bytemei-55.com> - 2015-07-24 22:36 -0500
  Re: pci-e vs. pci-x scsi cards "ivan" <ivanjt@free.fr> - 2015-07-26 01:29 +0000
    Re: pci-e vs. pci-x scsi cards dilbert firestorm <scanb31@bytemei-55.com> - 2015-07-25 22:03 -0500
    Re: pci-e vs. pci-x scsi cards dilbert firestorm <scanb31@bytemei-55.com> - 2015-07-25 22:58 -0500
      Re: pci-e vs. pci-x scsi cards "ivan" <ivanjt@free.fr> - 2015-07-27 01:37 +0000

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