[Nottingham] Invisible NIC

Martin martin at ml1.co.uk
Tue Jun 15 22:39:22 BST 2004


James Gibbon wrote:
[...]
> Just dug out the NIC's box and it states as a requirement a "PCI expansion
> slot (2.1 or higher)" - however I have no idea what 2.1 refers to here.
> 
> Is there anything I can do, or is it a lost cause?  Any way to know if my
> Compaq's PCI slots are "2.1 or higher"?

If the 2.1 standard isn't mentioned for your motherboard, then you're 
'stuffed'.

Sorry, looks like the NIC is too new for that old hardware to interface to.


Good luck,
Martin

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