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Re: PCI 64 bit board on PCI 32 bit connector.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doug Ledford)
Sat Mar 27 05:24:15 1999
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 05:12:26 -0500
From: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
To: Gerard Roudier <groudier@club-internet.fr>
CC: Linux <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu,
ncr53c810@colorado.edu
Gerard Roudier wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I want to use a 64 bit PCI board on my system which uses an ASUS P2L97
> mother board. The PCI specs says a 64 bit PCI board should plug gracefully
> into a 32 bit PCI connector, but it does not.
>
> The problem seems to be due to the following:
>
> PCI 32 recommended connector:
>
> | |--------------...-----------| |
> >-< 1.27 [.050] mm
>
> PCI 32 connector of the PL297 MotherBoard:
>
> | |--------------...-----------| |
> >-< >= 1.80 mm (measured +- 1mm)
>
> If somebody could confirm that or let me know if I may have missed
> something important, this will help me.
I've been using 64bit PCI cards in my Intel DK440LX motherboard for
quite some time, so I suspect you are right that the problem is the MB
connector and not the card :)
--
Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
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they should be everybody's.
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