PCI 2.1 to PCI 2.2 Fix Possible?

nocona_xeon

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Dec 11, 2012
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I have an older machine that will not POST when I install a PCI v2.2 board. I finally learned that the MOBO is only rated to PCI v2.1. Is there any way around this? If the solution is a new system, that's OK and would understand. I use this old system in the garage to pull-up technical manuals for vehicles that I'm working on (PDF files from the dealerships). I was going to install an Intel PRO/1000 MT Server adapter that I had laying around to see if I could eek-out a bit more "image backup" performance in terms of MB/sec. The onboard 100Mbps chip does do OK but why not try and why not ask, eh? Thanks.