[asterisk-users] PCI, PCI-X and PCI-e -- Server / Interface Card Selection

Thomas Kenyon digium at sanguinarius.co.uk
Sat Dec 9 17:59:53 MST 2006


Andrew D Kirch wrote:

> The rule of thumb is "if it fits you can use it" unless it doesn't work, 
> there are few that won't (Creative's soundcards being an example of ones 
> that don't)
> 
I remember reading up on it and (other than there being 2 different 
types of PCI-66 slots and then there's the PCI-100 and PCI-X ones), 
discovering that a particular PCI card should work in a PCI slot.

When I put the card in I blew a £300 server board.

Oops.


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