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Is a PCIe 2.x compatible with Intel 915G chipset?
I am trying to update an old system.
I am thinking of a newer video card, and most are PCIe 2.x. I know that they are backward-compatible with PCIe 1.x motherboards, but what about the chipset?
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PCIe graphics card “strapping” to set link speed
this might be a really overly specific question but I'm asking it anyway. I'm a co-op student currently working at AMD and I'm having trouble figuring out an instruction in my training documents which ...
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Are MSATA ssd compatible with Dell Vostro V13 Laptop mini PCI-e
Short : Can msata ssd disks be used and bootable in a Dell Vostro V13.
Long : I have a Dell Vostro V13 which hard drive and ribbon cable have died. It may be possible to replace both of these but I ...
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Could Thunderbolt be added to an Existing Motorboard using a new PCI-Express Card?
I have a fairly high spec workstation in house at the moment, and all this talk about ThunderBolt connections has made me wonder: could it be possible to add a Thunderbolt Port to an existing machine ...
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If I don't use PCI card , will it consume power [closed]
I have P4 with Windows 7. I have Nvidia inno3d 250 PCI express card which also gets extra power from power supply with 6pin connector.
That desktop PC is mostly turn on 24 hrs as I keep downloading ...
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Suddenly my PC stops recognizing PCIe video card
My PC specs:
Intel Core i5 2400
Intel DH61WW Motherboard
4 GB RAM
500 W Gigabyte PSU
XFX GeForce GTS 250
Windows 7 Ultimate
Custom make, bought on July 2011 except the graphics card, which I bought ...
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How can I enable my integrated graphics hardware?
I wish to use three monitors, but my PCIe graphics card only has two DVI outputs. My motherboard, an ECS A880GM-M6 Black Series, has onboard graphics, but it seems to be disabled when the PCIe card is ...
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2x PCI-e x1 or 2x PCI-e x16?
I am trying to build a work PC and would like lots of screen real estate via 4 monitors and have no plans to SLI them together. I have decided to get 2x GT 430 graphics cards which apparently need ...
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What does (x16, x4) mean next to 2x PCIe2 x16?
UPDATE 1:
The motherboard which I am planning on getting is the Asrock P67 PRO3 SE.
Is it possible to get a motherboard which can do true x16 in both ports?
ORIGINAL QUESTION:
I am about to buy 2 ...
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What would work faster: One PCI-E based super fast SSD 120GB or 4 SATA 2 SSD's 60GB inside some RAID?
I want to change my current RAID (HDD based 4 sata 2 120GB) on which my OS (Windows 7) is installed to some more fancy fast and modern SSD based. I have 2 options - 4 OCZ AGT3-25SAT3-60G or one 120 GB ...
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Can I add a Mini Pci-e Ssd in my laptop's slot (where Wifi is now)?
I have an HP-tx1000. It has 4 Gb ram now but its slow HDD doesn't let me do serious stuff.
I wonder If I can put a mini pci-e ssd in place of the WLAN card.
Will this work on Win7 x64?
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2 Graphic cards and 1 PCI SSD on PCI-E 2.0 x16
I wanna get 2 graphic cards (to support more than 4 monitors) and an Revo PCI SSD.
Now, they all need PCI-E 2.0 x16.
But all the mainboards I look at say this something like this:
3x PCI-E 2.0 x16 ...
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Can I be 100% certain that a PCIe x4 card will fit in a PCIe x16 slot? [closed]
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Does a x4 PCIe mechanical work in a x16 slot in x4 mode?
I know I can place a smaller card in a larger slot. But can I be 100% certain that it works? (if we ignore a ...
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Is the Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 compatible with GA-870A?
I'm looking to buy a Wifi adaptor for my desktop, and came across this: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/centrino/centrino-advanced-n-6200-brief.html
It looks like what I want, but ...
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How do home computer buses electrically put data on the wire?
In particular I'd like to know what schemes PCI Express, PCI and ISA use at the physical layer.
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Installed PCIe network card - computer won't boot
I have a new Dell Vostro 460, that has onboard video, and an Dell-added a PCIe video card. It has 1 16x PCIe slot and 4 1x PCIe slots.
When I plug in a PCIe gigabit network card (link. lspci: ...
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Is a PCIE X1 card for USB 3.0 worth it?
I have a portable HDD on USB 3.0, and soon I'll have a 32gb flash drive on USB 3.0 as well.
My motherboard is pretty old - and the next time I'll upgrade it is when I get a new CPU/mobo/ram.
Slots ...
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Confused About What PCIe2 Slots Are Compatible
I'm in the progress of updating my Workstation to speed up development on our database.
I like the look of this drive OCZ 120GB RevoDrive 3 PCI-E SSD but am having trouble working out if is ...
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Will adding a PCI-E TV card turn off my HDMI port?
I have a Shuttle SG45H7 which I use as my home theatre PC. Currently I have a DVB-T card in the PCI slot and I connect to my TV by HDMI. This PC has an Intel G45 + ICH10 chipset.
I would like to add ...
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Using 4 monitors with 2 generic video cards… possible?
I'm thinking of setting up 4 monitors in a grid, using two video cards, one card to feed each pair of monitors through the card's two DVI ports. The most important requirement for me is to have the ...
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Can a PCI-X card be used in a PCI-E slot?
Does anyone know if a PCI-X card can be used in a PCI-E slot?
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A motherboard has 2 x PCIe slots. Can onboard DVI be used too?
I am looking at a motherboard, a Z68, which has two PCIe slots. I notice that it also has an onboard DVI port. While using the PCIe slots, am I able to also use the onboard DVI slot?
For example: Two ...
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PCI rescan on Linux finds external bridge, but not any devices on the bridge
I have a PCI express adapter which connects to an external backplane with 3 PCI slots via a cable.
This setup ideally needs to be hot-pluggable, via the cable being removed/inserted between the PC ...
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Is there a 4 port graphics card with active cooling? [closed]
As I wrote in the question, does anybody know a PCI/PCI express graphics card for PC that has 4 ports and is actively cooled. If possible in half-height format (but that's not a must).
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Determining if PCI Express 2.0 card is overkill for PCI Express 1.0 Motherboard and older CPU
I understand that PCI Express 2.0 cards are backwards compatible with PCI Express 1.0 slots, so I know that those cards will at least function on my motherboard, but perhaps at a lesser speed.
My ...
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Will USB Wireless Adaptor work better then PCI/PCIe adaptor?
Will a USB Wireless Adaptor work better then PCI/PCIe adapter? I'm going to buy a Wireless adapter for my desktop and I have Dlink wi-fi router already.
In Market wireless adapters are in two form ...
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Will this PCI express card fit into any of these slots?
Will this PCI express card …
… fit into any of these slots. My motherboard offers:
One PCI Express* x16 bus add-in card connector
Two PCI Conventional* bus connectors
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PCI-E x8 Raid Controller in a x4 Electrical/x16 mechanical slot
After exhaustively searching around on the internet and here at superuser I couldn't find a definitive answer to this. I've heard how with some devices they work with less pci-e bandwidth even if they ...
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PCIe slot speeds
I'm really rather confused by it all, so I've come up with a question or two:
If I buy a motherboard with a PCIe x16 and PCIe x4 slot and put a graphics card in each, will they both run at x8 speeds ...
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How to force rescan of PCI bus (and reallocation of BARs) in Windows XP
I am developing hardware with a PCIe interface based on a FPGA. When I reprogram the FPGA, it looses its BAR settings (BAR0, BAR1, etc.). How can I force Windows to a) rescan the PCI (and therefore ...
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Sim card reader + Linux +MC8705
I am looking at using the PCI-E MC8705 from Sierra Wireless in FIT-PC2. The MC8705 does not have a sim card slot, but rather expects there to be a USIM card interface.
Are there linux drivers for ...
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Positioning triple slot graphics cards
If there are two gtx 570 dc ii's:
On a Gigabyte z68x-ud7-b3 motherboard, in slots PCIe16_1 and PCIe8_2:
Will the headers for front panel connections be blocked, or will there be enough flex in ...
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Maximum Bandwidth of PCI-E 2.0 x8 6Gbps RAID Card
I have a quick question regarding what I'm seeing as an obstacle in getting the proper performance out of a RAID card...
I'm interested in setting up two RAID arrays (a RAID0 of 2 disks, and a RAID1 ...
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Do PCI-E SATA RAID controllers work with DVD/Blu-ray drives?
I'm building a new PC in an old case. The motherboard is slightly oversize and I can't access most of the onboard SATA ports, so I want to attach my two optical drives to an expansion card.
All the ...
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How to tell if an empty PCI Express slot is 1.0, 2.0 etc? (general test, or enquiry command, not refer to spec)
Is it possible to run a test on an empty PCI Express slot to definitively determine that the slot is PCI Express 2.0 or not? My reason for asking is to see if I get the most out of USB3.0 with my ...
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What do the different /proc/bus/pci/0x directories represent?
What do the different /proc/bus/pci/0x directories represent?
Do they represent the different PCI/PCI-E sockets on a board?
If I have one mini pci and 2 PCI-E sockets on my board, should I be seeing ...
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Adding a SATA 6 Gbit/s PCI Express controller card?
If I add a SATA 6 Gbit/s PCI Express card to my motherboard, will I get similar speed to native SATA ports built into the motherboard? I ask because I have a SATA 6 Gbit/s SSD and my motherboard ...
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PCI Express on old Dell - Good Enough For USB 3.0 Card?
Just got a USB 3.0 1TB hard drive today, and plan on starting to digitize a lot of stuff to push out to my PS3 and Wii. Throughput is fine from a USB 2.0 standpoint, but I want to see if I can upgrade ...
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Is GeForce GT430 PCI-Express 2.0 requirement a must?
My current graphic card has just stopped working. I need to buy new card pretty fast. I've found GeForce® GT430 which fits in my budget (and has comparable performance to my current, silent GF8600GT).
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Mac mini [A1176] SSD in PCIe slot?
I have made some modifications to an old mac mini i picked up. I’ve omitted the optical drive and have two 750GB WD drives installed, maxed the RAM and upgraded the CPU for a core2duo.
Now I’d like ...
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Is my new Graphic Card cause for my PC hanging?
My Computer Specification
My Motherboard specification
My new Graphic Card
Some days ago I bought a GeForce 8400 GS Graphic card.
My computer satisfied all the minimum system requirements it ...
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Is it possible to put a PCIe 2.0 graphics card on a motherboard with PCI-Express?
my motherboard (MSI-7360) says it supports PCI-EXPRESS but does it also support PCIe2.0 cards?
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Will a PXIe card fit in a PCIe slot?
I cannot figure out for the life of me if a National Instruments PXIe card (such as this) will fit and work correctly in a standard PCIe slot. Their website is not helpful at all in answering this ...
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How many types of PCIe graphics card form factor?
How many types of sizes are there for the form factor of graphics card?
I am refering to the L-shaped metal part that juts out from the casing, allowing external connection to the monitor.
I have a ...
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x16/x16 vs x8/x8
I am considering purchasing an LGA1155 board but dual GPUs they only run at x8/x8.
From my research it seems that you lose about 1-3% tops when running at 2500*1600 but a lot more when running games ...
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Availability of PCI express Gen 3 motherboards / systems? [closed]
I was wondering if there are any PCI express Gen 3 motherboards / PCs available commercially ?
(I'm aware that the answer of this question will change with time...)
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Would this PCIe 2.1 Video Card Work on My PCIe 1 Motherboard?
I've got a PCIe mobo, more precisely: ASUS M2N-X based on nForce 520. Would a PCIe 2.1 VC like the Radeon HD5770 work with my mobo?
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How to convert PCIe x1 cables to work with x16 sized cards?
I have some PCIe x1 extension cables.
I have some PCIe x16 video cards.
I have some PCIe x16 (and one PCIe x1) outlets on my motherboard.
What can I do to the PCIe x1 riser cables to make the ...
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How To Plug In A PCI Express 2.0 x16 Card Into A x1 Extension Cable?
I bought some PCIe x1 extension cables off of ebay for a few bucks each.
They came only ready to accept x1 sized cards.
I drilled out one side of the extension cables to allow for a x4, x8 or x16 ...
