Are PCI (not PCIe) riser cables any good? I have a Slot 1 PC that was giving me all sorts of stability problems until I realised my Vortex 2 kept backing itself out of its slot. Getting it to fit is ...

You might have heard the term “bifurcation” if you’ve been around PCIe, especially in mining or PC tinkering communities. This is splitting a PCIe slot into multiple PCIe links, and as you can imagine ...

Hi folks:<BR><BR>I've been trying to put together a security DVR system lately, <BR>and I ended up buying an already (custom) made second-hand PC.<BR><BR>All that really counts for this problem is ...

The PCIe x1 slot has only one PCIe lane. Although there is only one PCIe lane, the PCIe x1 slot can be used for a variety of low-power PCIe peripheral cards. The PCIe x1 slot is the smallest PCI ...

Last time, we looked over diffpairs, their basics, routing rules and the notorious tolerances of PCIe when it comes to diffpairs. Now, let’s take a look at the exact signals that make PCIe tick, as ...

Russian software developer Mikhail Svarichevsky needed a a PCI-E x1 video card as all of the other PCI-E slots were occupied on his motherboard. PCI-E x1 video cards are available but can be pricier ...