Paul Bransford wrote:
> Pete Theisen wrote:
>> Bob Stia wrote:
>>> Hello Sluggers,
>>>
>>> Back to my old "No Post" thing. Tried all of your very kind suggestions
>>> with no results.
>>>
>>> Going to buy a new video card next. Here's the dumb question. I assume
>>> a PCIe card will not work in my AGP slot. Right? But I can use a
>>> regular PCI card, Right?
>> Hi Bob,
>>
>> Not in AGP. If you have an old PCI card try it in the PCIe slot and see
>> if it works. If you are buying new, follow the board maker's specification.
>
> PCI and PCIe are neither physically or electrically compatible.
>
> If you try to force one into the other, and somehow manage to do so, it
> will burn.
Hi Paul,
So much for the backward compatibility that we grew up with back in the
bad old 8088 8086 286 386 486 P 1 2 3 days. I guess not enough people
were tossing out their old stuff fast enough for the importers to become
billionaires rather than mere chump change millionaires.
I am using an AGP machine here that is about 7 years old and I think I
will keep it a while longer. Maybe until I die. Screw the b*stards! PCIe
my Ie.
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