Strange then that the single 1.6 I passed on to mom, and the dual 2.7 I have here now, will not take the old PCI cards...the slots are configured so they don't fit...
On 12/7/08 2:37 PM, "Kris Tilford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 7, 2008, at 11:04 AM, Jack Countryman wrote: > >> Note that the slots on the g5 towers are PCI-e format...not the >> older PCI, >> so you loose the use of your old cards on either machine. > > No, this isn't necessarily true. > > The early G5s, below 2.0 GHz had regular "old" PCI slots. > > The middle G5s, the 2.0 & 2.3 GHz had PCI-X (PCI eXtended) slots that > would take "extended" PCI cards and also the "old" PCI cards. > > Only the very last G5s, the late 2.3 dual, 2.5 & 2.5 GHz had the PCI-E > (also called PCIe for PCI Express) slots that are incompatible with to > "old" PCI cards. > > Most of the G5's ARE compatible with the "old" PCI cards. The only > model that has overlap is the dual 2.3, the PCI-X version is older > (early 2005) and uses PC3200 RAM, the PCIe version is newer (late > 2005) and uses PC4200 RAM (the RAM is an easy way to tell, all the > PCIe Macs use PC4200 or PC5300 RAM). > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
