Rob, Thanks for the help.
Here is a link that tells about my box. It is a Dell Poweredge 2600. http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pedge_2600?c=us&cs=28&l=en&s=dfb&~page=2&~tab=specstab#tabtop On the left-hand side of the screen, there is a link for "PowerEdge 2600 Spec Sheet" For the IO slots is says: Seven expansion slots: 2 x 64-bit/133 Mhz PCI-X; 4 x 64/100 Mhz PCI-X; 1 x 32-bit/ 33 Mhz PCI So the longer slots that I thought were ISA slots must in fact be 64 bit PCI slots. But I've not seen different PCI type slots. I wonder how to tell them appart when ordering parts? Thanks Kevin --- Rob Peinert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I subscribed to this list in the middle of this > thread, so I missed the > exact details about your board. But here is some > info you might find > interesting... > > If you do have a PCI 1.0 slot, I would imagine that > would be a problem...I > think the spec was still pretty much incomplete at > this stage of > development, and I don't think anyone actually > implemented it. > > As far as I know, the first PCI mobos were based on > the "Saturn" (chipset > identifiers end in "ZX" on these boards) 486 Intel > chipsets circa 1994, > which was after the PCI 2.0 spec was released. > However I recall these > boards had a lot of PCI problems and went through > several revisions. I > suspect the PCI implementation on any pre-Pentium > board are probably shaky > at best...PCI 2.1 did fix a lot of problems and > roughly corresponded to the > release of the Pentium (late '95). > > Anyhow, hope this helps you some...if you wanna send > me some specifics on > the motherboard, I can probably come up with > something a little more > concrete :) > > Rob Peinert > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Kevin > Toppenberg > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 12:46 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] DVD For backup... > (more) > > The more I think about my system, the more I believe > that its PCI slot must be PCI 1.0. The other slots > are ISA. > > My USB 2.0 card that is not working, I have > discovered > requires a PCI 2.1 slot. I think this is why my DVD > burner is not showing up, or is acting irratically. > > The DVD burner can also connect with IEEE 1394 > (FireWire). But all the 1394 cards I find on the > web > are PCI (and I worry that it is really PCI 2.x). I > can't find an ISA one. > > So I wonder if I am stuck with my older motherboard > not being able to support a newer DVD burner. > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks > Kevin > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT > Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. > Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT > Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. > Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
