On Dec 7, 2008, at 11:13 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > On Dec 7, 2008, at 2:10 PM, Jack Countryman wrote: >> 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... > > The dual 2.7 uses PCIe. The single 1.6 has normal PCI slots.
Actually, the dual 2.7 has PCI-X slots. PCI-X is mostly backward compatible to PCI. Jack is most likely referring to the slot keying. Around the MDD era, the old 5 volt PCI cards started being phased out in favor of 3.3v or universal PCI cards. To make sure that a card would still work, the slots keying was changed so you couldn't insert an incompatible card. http://support.apple.com/kb/TA27127?viewlocale=en_US Only some 2.0 and 2.3Ghz G5s and all quad 2.5 G5s use PCIe, which is a completely different beast. -Donald Hall --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
