We unfortunately have a very expensive ($10K) full-length 5 volt PCI card that we would like to use in the same system as another expensive PCI-X card. As luck would have it, it seems that PCI-X is not backwards compatible with 5v PCI cards. It would be a real shame to have to order a whole new server just to accommodate these two cards together.
Does there exist any internal converter/adapter that will allow one to place a full-length 5v PCI card into either a PCI-X or PCIe slot? I've found an external expansion box that suits our needs but it's 1) External and 2) $1100. The only internal adapters I've been able to find go from Low-profile PCI -> PCIe; nothing that seems to support full-height, full-length PCI cards.
Best Answer
StarTech makes a couple:
PCI->PCIe(1x)
PCIe(1x)->PCI
These are pretty out-of-the-ordinary and if you're using a full-height, full-length card you're probably looking at some fabricating to get it to fit in a chassis while using one of these adapters.