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PCI-Express is a high-speed expansion bus which is developed to replace older buses such as PCI and AGP. The most common use of PCI-Express is the GPU installation on motherboards.

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Can I use a pci-e x16 slot for multple cards?

I have a mini itx pc with only one pci-e x16 slot. There is another old style pci slot. I don't care that much about graphics bandwidth and I'd like to add USB 3.0 support. It's a waste to be using ...
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Allow Internet Sharing via PCIe Network Card While Computer Sleeps?

I've just built my own PC (after using Macs exclusively since the 90s). Since i don't have a wireless router, I chose to purchase a PCIe network card to share internet throughout my apartment. ...
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Should a 2.0 card work on 1.0 PCI Express slot?

I want to buy the ZOTAC ZT-50401-10L GeForce GTX 550. Which is PCI Express 2.0 x16. I am a bit concerned about this because the official tech support said: The Motherboard Asrock G41M-VS3 R2.0 ...
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What PCI-Express graphics cards are first generation?

I want to purchase a new graphics card for my Asrock Motherboard, I asked Asrock support which brand should work for my mobo. The response was somewhat confusing: The Motherboard Asrock G41M-VS3 R2....
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Is a 6 pin PCI-X power connector safe to use on a card that only requires 5 pins?

I know that on a 6 pin PCI-X power connector the spec says pin 2 can be disconnected. It is another 12v pin like pins 1 & 3. If my graphics card only requires a 5 pin connector, is it still safe ...
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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? I ...
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Will my LAN card slow down system performance?

I have ASUS P5Q3 Deluxe mobo, having 1 GeForce 9800 on PCIe 16x, 1 Xi-Fi Audio on PICe 1x. Would like to install PCIe 1x USB 3.0 card in mobo PCIe 1x slot, but unfortunately the other 1x slot is ...
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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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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 2 ...
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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? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: 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 broken ...
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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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PCIe 2.0 or PCIe 2.1?

I'm looking around for a Graphics card, and I found this one: http://products.amd.com/en-us/GraphicCardDetail.aspx?id=290&f1=PC&f2=AMD+Radeon%E2%84%A2+HD+6000+Series+&f3=&f4=&f5=&...
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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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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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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 the ...
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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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Is it possible to use an SSD with a Airport Card PCIe slot in a Mac mini (A1176)?

I have made some modifications to an old Mac mini I picked up. I’ve removed the optical drive and have two 750GB WD drives installed, maxed the RAM and upgraded the CPU to a Core 2 Duo. 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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