PCI type cross compatibility..

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Gawd
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Ok, I've been seeing a lot of hardware
such as this.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16816116026
3ware 9500S-8 PCI 2.2 compliant 64-bit/66MHz SATA Controller Card - Retail

and people talking about purchasing them to put in their systems (We use PCI-X based server boards for our highend uses) ..

MY thinking is that there have to be some of these people that aren't buying 64 bit pci motherboards.. so I'm wondering, can a card like that be used (maybe in some sort of crippled way) in a "standard 32bit/33mhz pci slot? Is 64bit/66Mhz PCI backward compatible to 32bit/33mhz slots?
 
So you're saying that the extra connectors just would be hanging off the back if installed in a 32-bit environment?
 
Often a 64bit card will work in a 32bit slot. (yes with the back hanging off unconnected)

==>Lazn
 
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