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WHY would you want to do that?
There is a PCI-Express x1 slot on the motherboard.
Black in color, and in-between the black PCI-Express x16 slot, and a white PCI slot.
Use the PCI-E x1 RAID adapter card in the PCI-E x1 slot, and a PCI-Express graphics card in the PCI-E x16 slot. Sheesh!
A PCI-Express slot is not an evolved PCI slot.
Completely different technologies.
PCI uses a shared Parallel bus architecture, while PCI-Express is based on Serial point-to-point.
So your idea of how to 'fix' your problem, is to use a PCI-E x1 card in a PCI-Express x16 slot, and a PCI graphics card in a PCI slot?
Completely backwards.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Motherboard_diagram.svgPCI-Express x16 slot uses the same lanes from the Northbridge, as the OnBoard video?
UTTER NONSENSE!
The Northbridge chip handles the Faster capabilities of a computer.
Handles the Processor, Ram Memory, and HIGH-SPEED Graphics.
HIGH-SPEED graphics is the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) technology, and the PCI-Express technology.
The Southbridge chip handles the Slower capabilities of a computer.
The PCI bus is one of those slower capabilities handled by the Southbridge chip.
The PCI bus is also a shared bus. This slows data down.
The AGP bus, and PCI-Express bus are Not shared. They also have a direct link to the Northbridge chip.
The PCI Bus has to go through the Southbridge chip, which has to go through the Internal Bus, THEN to the Northbridge chip.
OnBoard video, or Integrated Graphics, uses the PCI bus.
When you inserted the PCI-E x1 RAID card in the PCI-Express x16 slot, and a PCI graphics card in the PCI slot, BIOS just assigned another IRQ for the PCI-Express x16 slot.
(Interrupt Request)
No fancy technology going on there.
Backwards technology going on with a PCI-Express x1 card in a PCI-Express x16 slot, though.
I do not concur, and do not think that is a good solution, Kevin.
Regards,
joecoolvette
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