Two Different PCI Slots?

[Anonymous]

Hi

I recently purchased a new ATI Radeon 9250 PCI Video card for my PC but the
PCI slot is a different configuration than the ones in my PC. I don't get
it. I thought PCI was PCI (not PCIe which I know is different). My
existing slots have one short row of connectors followed by a break and then
one long bank of connectors. The card I purchased has one short, a break,
one medium, a break, and then one short again.

Isn't PCI, PCI for all? Or is there a "new" PCI that is called "PCI"?

Regards

[Jerry]

Are you sue you got a PCI card and not AGP?

"Anonymous" > wrote in message
...
> Hi
>
> I recently purchased a new ATI Radeon 9250 PCI Video card for my PC but
> the
> PCI slot is a different configuration than the ones in my PC. I don't get
> it. I thought PCI was PCI (not PCIe which I know is different). My
> existing slots have one short row of connectors followed by a break and
> then
> one long bank of connectors. The card I purchased has one short, a break,
> one medium, a break, and then one short again.
>
> Isn't PCI, PCI for all? Or is there a "new" PCI that is called "PCI"?
>
> Regards
>
>

[Bill Leary]

"Anonymous" > wrote in message
...
> Hi
>
> I recently purchased a new ATI Radeon 9250 PCI Video card for my PC but the
> PCI slot is a different configuration than the ones in my PC. I don't get
> it. I thought PCI was PCI (not PCIe which I know is different). My
> existing slots have one short row of connectors followed by a break and then
> one long bank of connectors. The card I purchased has one short, a break,
> one medium, a break, and then one short again.
>
> Isn't PCI, PCI for all? Or is there a "new" PCI that is called "PCI"?

Not quite.

By "break" I assume you mean the key notch on the card and key in the slot.

Take a look here:

http://www.ncipher.com/products/faq_universal_pci.html

- Bill

[Anonymous]

Jerry

Yup, PCI. But the PCI card I bought has two "key notches" instead of the
one "key notch" that my board accepts. Other than that, they are the same
size. I didn't even notice the difference until after my system wouldn't
boot to the BIOS. The new card slid in fine but just wouldn't operate.

Regards


"Jerry" > wrote in message
...
> Are you sue you got a PCI card and not AGP?
>
> "Anonymous" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi
> >
> > I recently purchased a new ATI Radeon 9250 PCI Video card for my PC but
> > the
> > PCI slot is a different configuration than the ones in my PC. I don't
get
> > it. I thought PCI was PCI (not PCIe which I know is different). My
> > existing slots have one short row of connectors followed by a break and
> > then
> > one long bank of connectors. The card I purchased has one short, a
break,
> > one medium, a break, and then one short again.
> >
> > Isn't PCI, PCI for all? Or is there a "new" PCI that is called "PCI"?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
>
>

[Anonymous]

Bill

Thanks for the link Bill. Unfortunately I am still a little lost on the
subject. It doesn't matter though. I will return the card soon and hope
that they either refund or give me a large store credit. The gentleman who
sold me the card said that if I find my system supports AGP I can exchange
my PCI for AGP. If exchange is the only option, I will get the AGP and
upgrade the motherboard next (it's 4 years old and a constant source of
headache anyways).

Regards


"Bill Leary" > wrote in message
...
> "Anonymous" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi
> >
> > I recently purchased a new ATI Radeon 9250 PCI Video card for my PC but
the
> > PCI slot is a different configuration than the ones in my PC. I don't
get
> > it. I thought PCI was PCI (not PCIe which I know is different). My
> > existing slots have one short row of connectors followed by a break and
then
> > one long bank of connectors. The card I purchased has one short, a
break,
> > one medium, a break, and then one short again.
> >
> > Isn't PCI, PCI for all? Or is there a "new" PCI that is called "PCI"?
>
> Not quite.
>
> By "break" I assume you mean the key notch on the card and key in the
slot.
>
> Take a look here:
>
> http://www.ncipher.com/products/faq_universal_pci.html
>
> - Bill
>
>

[Bill Leary]

> Yup, PCI. But the PCI card I bought has two "key notches" instead of the
> one "key notch" that my board accepts. Other than that, they are the same
> size. I didn't even notice the difference until after my system wouldn't
> boot to the BIOS. The new card slid in fine but just wouldn't operate.

I had the same problem with a LAN card I recently purchased.

It had the two notches, but my system has only one key. When I put it in my
system the fans came on and that was it. Nothing else happened at all. No
video, no beeps, not even the power LED on the box comes on.

The best I was able to figure was that the card specified PCI 2.2 and my
motherboard claims PCI 2.1. Well, it SEEMS to claim 2.1. I couldn't nail down
anything which specifically called out PCI 2.1 for the PCI slots themselves, but
it *does* specify a PCI 2.1 power supply.

When I returned the card and bought another which specifically stated it was PCI
2.2 *OR* 2.1 compatable it worked fine.

- Bill

[Jack E Martinelli]

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"Anonymous" > wrote in message
...
> Bill
>
> Thanks for the link Bill. Unfortunately I am still a little lost on the
> subject. It doesn't matter though. I will return the card soon and hope
> that they either refund or give me a large store credit. The gentleman
who
> sold me the card said that if I find my system supports AGP I can exchange
> my PCI for AGP. If exchange is the only option, I will get the AGP and
> upgrade the motherboard next (it's 4 years old and a constant source of
> headache anyways).
>
> Regards
>
>
> "Bill Leary" > wrote in message
> ...
> > "Anonymous" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I recently purchased a new ATI Radeon 9250 PCI Video card for my PC
but
> the
> > > PCI slot is a different configuration than the ones in my PC. I don't
> get
> > > it. I thought PCI was PCI (not PCIe which I know is different). My
> > > existing slots have one short row of connectors followed by a break
and
> then
> > > one long bank of connectors. The card I purchased has one short, a
> break,
> > > one medium, a break, and then one short again.
> > >
> > > Isn't PCI, PCI for all? Or is there a "new" PCI that is called "PCI"?
> >
> > Not quite.
> >
> > By "break" I assume you mean the key notch on the card and key in the
> slot.
> >
> > Take a look here:
> >
> > http://www.ncipher.com/products/faq_universal_pci.html
> >
> > - Bill
> >
> >
>
>