Well, the secret to PCI and PCI-X slots is that their cards are supposedly interchangeable. I haven't personally tried this, but the spec states that PCI cards can be used in PCI-X slots, AND vice-versa. The slots are keyed...bottom line, if it fits, it should work. A standard PCI card will work an *any* of your slots.
The caveat is that the slowest card on the bus in question determines the overall bus speed, something to consider if you have some high performance PCI-X cards already installed. By pretty much random luck, I found a PDF from Digi that just happens to have the logical layout of your particular Dell's PCI/PCI-X busses, plus lots of general PCI/PCI-X info: http://www.digi.com/pdf/prd_msc_pcitech.pdf In any event, slots don't seem to be your problem....but switching the card to any of your other slots should be ok, just to see if your standard PCI slot is bad. Also, perhaps try using a different peripheral with the card...maybe a simple mouse or keyboard, to rule out a problem with the drive itself. Or pick up that firewire card like you were considering. Maybe your USB card is bad. HTH, Rob Peinert -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Toppenberg Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 3:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] DVD For backup... (more) 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! 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