PCI Express to PCI converters are available
We're not sure who manufacturers it, but are not desperately upset by this.
This is an adapter that will fit into your motherboard's spare PCIe x1 slot, the one that's often right next to your graphics card, so you can't plug anything into it, and give you an additional PCI slotÂ… at the wrong height.
Yep - stick a sound card into one of these and you'll be unable to shut your case, or secure the card as far as we can tell!
Now, we've yet to see any motherboards which have PCIe x1 slots and a shortage of PCI slots. Also the number of add-on peripherals that you need to add to a modern motherboard has reduced since most boards now come with integrated 1394, SATA, USB2, LAN and audio.
The device seems to use the same PLX bridge chip that this PCI X1300 graphics card does.
Maybe somebody will find a use for it. µ
L'Inq
Digitalcowboy
Comments
PCIe to PCI
This device would be very useful in a development environment where the bus the use of several existing PCI cards will overload the PCIbus. Obviously the production solution would involve a true PCIe re-design!So, cynicism aside, who makes it?
PCIe to PCI
Our old server utilized a parallel port on a PCI card to connect a sentinel security dongle. The new server has only PCI-e and no parallel port. We have ordered new USB dongles, but it would have been nice to have a converter such as this for a quick fix.The PCI card is rather small so would fit in the box with the converter.
well, *I* need one...
my new HP PC (m8307c) has NO spare PCI slot, but does have a spare PCI-e slot. And I can't find a replacement PCI-e version of the old PCI card I need to transfer from my old PC - may not exist in the USA, strangely.I trust that the designers didn't really overlook the concern for misalignment of PCI boards when installed into this adapter - I mean, the first test would have pointed this up even if it didn't occur to anyone in drawing out the PC board, right?