[Wolves] PCI slots

[Rob Annable]

On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 11:06:49 +0100, David Goodwin <dg at clocksoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > Three 64-bit/66MHz PCI-X slots
> >
> > One 32-bit/33MHz PCI slot
> >
> > My question is simple; can I plug a firewire card into any one of
> > those four slots? Or will it only work with the 32-bit one?
> >
> 
> I _thought_ the 64bit/66mhz slots were backwards compatible with older
> (standard) pci cards... I don't know if this is true though.

You'd think so wouldn't you? I've just learnt about this new 800Mbps
firewire (1394b) - perhaps that only works with 64-bit stuff?

Rob


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