k...@aspodata.se wrote: > Dale: > ... >> First, I thought cards were backward compatible? You could stick a 3.0 >> into a 2.0 slot and it would just run as a 2.0 and vice versa. I know >> the mobo is 2.0. It does recognize the drive but seems to nuke the >> ethernet somehow. I looked, there is no switches on the card. I don't >> see a way to adjust how it works or anything. > ... > > From first section of > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express#PCI_Express_3.0 > > PCI Express 3.0 Base specification revision 3.0 was made available in > November 2010, after multiple delays. In August 2007, PCI-SIG announced > that PCI Express 3.0 would carry a bit rate of 8 gigatransfers per second > (GT/s), and that it would be backward compatible with existing PCI > Express implementations. > > Though in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express#Comparison_table > they are said to have different encodings. > > Unfortunately the specs (https://pcisig.com/specifications) are only > available for members. > > Regards, > /Karl Hammar
That's what I was thinking to, being backward compatible. I might add, when I did cat /proc/partitions, it listed the drive plugged into the card. The card seems to have worked. Thing is, no matter what slot I put the SATA card into, it would kill my builtin network. When I tried to bring it up, it said the network didn't exist. At first I thought it was a shared slot or something. It did the same thing in every slot tho. Also, when I removed the SATA card, the network came up on the next boot up. That SATA card is doing something bad. You, or anyone, have any idea why that card would kill my network? I suspect the card itself is fine. It did see the drive. I just need the internet to work since it may be used in a NAS rig. I been searching, ebay and Amazon. I found a couple cards on Amazon that specify PCIe v2.0. I couldn't find any with 8 ports or more on Ebay that didn't say 3.0. The ones on Amazon specify in the description that they are v2.0. That is what I usually get. On the card, it doesn't have anything but PCIe wrote on it or nothing at all. It seems if it isn't marked, it is v2.0 or maybe v1.0 if one can find one. If it is v3.0, it is marked that way. Anyone seen any cards that disagrees with that? I hope someone has a clue to make this card work. I checked the BIOS too, couldn't find anything in there. Might try a ethernet card and disable the onboard network. See if that makes the network come up at least. I have another card just like this one already on the way. I may have two cards that won't let my network work when installed. :/ I may also have to buy those cards off Amazon that specify v2.0. Open to ideas. Dale :-) :-)
