Update:
I opened the case on my Dell Inspiron 530 PC, and the PCI connectors
have the "fence" near the end of the connector fartherest from the rear
of the PC (so that they WILL accept a 5v PCI card (which have a slot in
the connector at that position). But the 530 user's manual (in the
appendix)
A "glitch" in my conclusions about whether a 5v PCI card will work in my
Dell Inspiron 530:
The 530 user's manual says that I've got two PCI 2.3 slots (and two "PCI
Express" (1 short, 1 long) slots...a newer spec, apparently).
The info I read about PCI 2.3 said that it didn't support 5v cards, an
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That card seems to be relatively old. This link should shed some
> light on the matter:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_Component_Interconnect#Conventional
Many thanks for that link...it was EXACTLY what I needed, and it saved
me from ordering a
On 08/18/08 13:10, Mike Fontenot wrote:
I was surprised to find out that there are differences and
incompatabilities between some PCI cards vs some motherboards.
Specifically, several perturbations of 5v vs 3.3v vs "either one will
work".
I've been trying to decide on a parallel port PCI card, a
Mike Fontenot wrote:
I was surprised to find out that there are differences and
incompatabilities between some PCI cards vs some motherboards.
Specifically, several perturbations of 5v vs 3.3v vs "either one will
work".
I've been trying to decide on a parallel port PCI card, and had pretty
much
I was surprised to find out that there are differences and
incompatabilities between some PCI cards vs some motherboards.
Specifically, several perturbations of 5v vs 3.3v vs "either one will
work".
I've been trying to decide on a parallel port PCI card, and had pretty
much settled on a Rosewill b
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