On Monday 27 June 2005 10:20, Jakub Krajcovic wrote: > this is not really a gentoo related question, but could someone please > help me anyway? I have an HP tc2120 server, with 64 bit pci slots, and > i need to know, if i can stick a 32 bit pci adaptec disk controller > (SATA or IDE) into it. I am searching google just now, but i would > still like to hear the answer from a real person, who knows for sure. > So, if anyone out there can help me with this, i'd greatly appreciate > it. thanks in advance
It will. 32bit, 64bit, 33MHz, 66MHz, 100MHz, 133MHz, PCI, PCI-X are all electrically, and from a software point, the same. (PCI-e is something entirely different, BTW) The only exclusion is 3.3V and 5V, but a 3.3V only card won't fit into a 5V only slot, as 5V slots have a second key in the slot. The bus will automatically clock itself down to the lowest common denominator, so you'll get a performance hit on other cards on the same bus. -- Mike Williams
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