PCI-X card in PCI slot

[DavidMS]

I have a old Adaptec 2410SA (PCI-X 3.3v card) that I installed in a VIA KT333 (PCI 32bit slots) based system that I am using for a test server as I study for the MCSE. Needless to say neither the BIOS or Windows 2003 detected the card which I haven't tested but as far as I know is good. From what I know most PCIX cards work in PCI slots. Did I break anything? The server works fine, I am worried about the SATA raid card. When I removed it from the system, the processor was warm so it was getting electricity.

Is there a way to make it work? I hope I didn't fry the card.

Thanks,

David

 

[chookman]

1-5 here
http://download.adaptec.com/pdfs/user_guides/aar2410Sa_iug.pdf

Lists this card as being backward compatible with 32bit 33mhz PCI so no issue there

http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/products/sata_cards/entry/AAR-2410SA/
Lists the operating temp at 0-55c and by my experience its generally very close to the hotter end of the scale.

I would try reseating it, possibly in a different PCI slot if your able to, there may have been an IRQ conflict also, which another slot should fix

 

[DavidMS]

Thanks, that worked. On the downside shortly thereafter the old board refused to boot . I now have to hit Newegg for a replacement CPU/Heatsink/MB/Ram. If I pull everything out and it still flashes error messages not properly listed on the MSI website, its time to replace.

 

[Joe_The_Dragon]

you can get pci-e raid cards.

also there are desktop boards with pci-x slots.

but they cost $200+

open box $110 - $120

 

[enewmen]

I suggest the PCIe (1x-16x) cards. I never heard anything good about the PCI-X. (even though I never used PCI-X)
Ok, not a helpful post. But I still beleve the PCIe is 100x more common and should be fast enough.
I will personally get a PCIe SATA RAID card as soon as I need more SATA devices because all ports are full using RAID-5 and adding RAID-0 and those Blu-Ray drives that use SATA rather than parallel.

 

[DavidMS]

PCI-X works in servers well enough. But most machines today use PCI-E. When I get the machine up and running, I will probably hold off until summer to get a PCIE raid card.

Thanks for the advice.

 

[frozenlead]

my servers that run pci-x cards versus the others without them perform marginally better.
not by much