Re: Differences in PCI boards...

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 08/18/08 13:10, Mike Fontenot wrote:
> I was surprised to find out that there are differences and
> incompatabilities between some PCI cards vs some motherboards.
> Specifically, several perturbations of 5v vs 3.3v vs "either one will
> work".
>
> I've been trying to decide on a parallel port PCI card, and had pretty
> much settled on a Rosewill board, which had a very good customer rating
> overall, and was fairly cheap.  But then I read a few comments that said
> that board wouldn't work on their Dell 520 computer.  Then I noticed
> that the info on that board on the Newegg webpage says "For 5v PCI slot
> only".  I don't yet know what kind of PCI slots my new Dell 530 Inspiron
> has.  I'm going to try to talk to both Dell and Rosewill this afternoon
> about it.  Anyone have any info on this issue?

That card seems to be relatively old.  This link should shed some 
light on the matter:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_Component_Interconnect#Conventional

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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