PCI Backwards?

altivec_2.0altivec_2.0
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Can I install a PCI card Backwards in my 9600? The card looks like it can be reversed ( ___ ____________ ___) that's what the conntector looks like on the card ( ___ _________________) that's what the slot on the computer looks like. Could I just turn the card around.



P>S it's a ATA HD Controller.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 7
    curiousuburbcuriousuburb Posts: 3,325member
    that, unfortunately, would make it an ICP card, which wouldn't work.
  • Reply 2 of 7
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    I was just about to ask what an ICP card was... then I got it.



    I am a little slow on the draw today.
  • Reply 3 of 7
    billybobskybillybobsky Posts: 1,914member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Altivec_2.0

    Could I just turn the card around.





    no
  • Reply 4 of 7
    karl kuehnkarl kuehn Posts: 756member
    If the card looks like a backwards PCI, then it is probably an AGP video card, and you can't use it on the older computer.
  • Reply 5 of 7
    altivec_2.0altivec_2.0 Posts: 995member
    Not AGP Positive. it's already in my PCI slot fully fuctional
  • Reply 6 of 7
    dawgfatherdawgfather Posts: 40member
    then why turn it around anyways?
  • Reply 7 of 7
    shetlineshetline Posts: 4,695member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Altivec_2.0

    Not AGP Positive.



    The lab results just came back. Thank God, I'm not AGP positive!



    At any rate... regardless of what you might possibly do with the card physically, there's only going to be one way that the card will work. The reverse will almost certainly fry the card and the motherboard. PCI cards are NOT made to be flippable!
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