Can I plug my legacy PCI card in my new PC's PCI Express (32bit) slot? It does fit ok but will it cause a mushroom cloud over Wiltshire (England) if I power up the PC?

I am not talking about the 64bit PCIx dedicated graphics slot, but the two 'any use' slots.

NO!

PCI cards go in PCI slots

PCI-E x16 cards go in PCI-E x16 slots

AGP cards go in AGP slots

ISA cards go in ISA slots

14" tires go on 14" wheels

12 gauge shells go in 12 gauge shotguns

Do you detect a pattern yet?

Does that mean I cant put a square peg into a round hole either?

Stuart

I think that op is asking to put pci cards in pci slots....
Of course you can put a pci card in one of those any use pci slots. But you should not put your pci card in a pci express x1 or pci express x16 slots.

I'm thinking that there are some MBoards that have a combo slot on them. PCI & PCIe.

Ah! I think I get it guys.

See, I have these two slots in my new Intel motherboard that are exactly like legacy PCI slots. This is because they ARE standard PCI slots... Right?

And the strange slot is a PCI Express graphics card slot taking the place of the obsolete AGP slot?

And 12 gauge cartridges go in a shotgun? (We don't know about that stuff here in England.)

I still don't get the 14 inch wheel bit thou! I must be a bimbo I guess!

Thanks for the help. I am going to assume I can put an old style PCI card in the slot *if it fits* and boot the pc up. Watch out for that mushroom cloud on the other side of the Atlantic thou!

This is what happens when simple tasks are over analyzed............

Give it up for MC Rove