PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) is an element for connecting peripherals to computers based on the IBM PC architecture.
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Can I use an onboard and pci vga simultaneously?
I have an old machine I'd like to get running with dual monitors. The pci vga only has only 1 output port. However, I have another output via the onboard video card. Can I leverage both video cards to ...
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Booting From VIA VT6421A Based PCI SATA Card
I bought a VIA VT6421A based SATA card for an 845 chipset based motherboard. The card is working – I can access the SATA HDD from Windows/Linux.
The problem is I can't directly boot from the SATA ...
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Error allocating Mem BAR for PCI Device 0X/00/0
I am getting the following error when I boot my Dell Precision 390. Everything appears to be working fine, but I would like to understand what the error means and how to fix it. I believe it ...
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Adaptor that allows me to use a PCI card via a USB connection
Of course, I have a cool card from a desktop I'm retiring, that I'd like to be able to use from the laptop I've replaced it with.
Laptop has no docking station. Best I can replace the card for is a ...
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Questions concerning PCI-E 2.1 vs. 2.0
My older PC's video card just kicked the bucket and has been BSODing. It has a PCI-E x16 slot. Newegg has video cards that are PCI-E x16, 2.0, 2.1, etc.
The slot on my ASUS P5N-E SLI motherboard is ...
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Clarification of the difference between PCI memory addressing and I/O addressing?
Could someone please clarify the difference between memory and I/O addresses on the PCI/PCIe bus?
I understand that I/O addresses are 32-bit, limited to the range 0 to 4GB, and do not map onto system ...
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How are PCI/PCIe BARs configured to access memory on the device?
In my previous question, I established that the memory address used by PCI/PCIe devices does not have to mapped to system RAM, but could also refer to "on device" memory, e.g. RAM or registers.
But ...
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PCI max throughput
Hypothetical here, but I want to understand.
Say I have a hand me down machine, 4 PCI slots, 64-bit 33 MHz PCI.
How much data can that PCI bus handle? System bus is 133 MHz.
I want to use one ...
