# Computer help, PCI 2.1 Slot?
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help-pci-2-1-slot/186101
**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [November 7, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help-pci-2-1-slot/186101 "2006-11-07T21:31:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@ninjenn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninjenn)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help-pci-2-1-slot/186101/1 "2006-11-07T21:31:15Z")
How do I get a PCI 2.1 Slot on my motherboard, if I don’t have one? I got this great new audio card, an E-MU 0404 (that I can’t return), but I don’t have a slot to put it in… I’m freakin pissed, so any help would be greatly appreciated. ☹ :sadwavey:
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### Author:  [@burnyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnyd)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help-pci-2-1-slot/186101/2 "2006-11-07T23:20:00Z")
you have to have PCI unless your computer is seriously really old. Its usually a black looking slot…otherwise unless your computer is acient and I meen acient you would have ISA… but every computer has PCI
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### Author:  [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help-pci-2-1-slot/186101/3 "2006-11-07T23:25:00Z")
are you sure you don’t mean PCI Express? I’m pretty sure a PCI 2.1 card plugs into a plain old PCI slot.
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### Author:  [@burnyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnyd)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help-pci-2-1-slot/186101/4 "2006-11-07T23:45:55Z")
PCI express = video and not all boards have it.
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### Author:  [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help-pci-2-1-slot/186101/5 "2006-11-07T23:48:12Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/25676/13):
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> PCI express = video and not all boards have it.
some other cards are using PCI Express now, not just video.
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### Author:  [@burnyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnyd)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help-pci-2-1-slot/186101/6 "2006-11-07T23:54:12Z")
who the hell would want to transfer sound that fast.
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### Author:  [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help-pci-2-1-slot/186101/7 "2006-11-08T00:32:41Z")
> [@R32 Skyline winter build-up](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/r32-skyline-winter-build-up/24030/54):
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> who the hell would want to transfer sound that fast.
the same nerds who ran Quake III at 300fps?
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### Author:  [@BigMack\_Srt8](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigMack_Srt8)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help-pci-2-1-slot/186101/8 "2006-11-08T00:36:26Z")
> [@R32 Skyline winter build-up](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/r32-skyline-winter-build-up/24030/54):
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> who the hell would want to transfer sound that fast.
\<---- this guy right here 🙂
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### Author:  [@xlogic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xlogic)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2006, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help-pci-2-1-slot/186101/9 "2006-11-08T06:58:30Z")
motherboards made after 1998 support pci 2.1
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### Author:  [@ninjenn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninjenn)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2006, 9:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help-pci-2-1-slot/186101/10 "2006-11-08T09:13:03Z")
This is the connectors on the card that I have:
The only slot in my computer, only accepts the first 2 sections of the connector…
Am I just being retarded here or something?
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### Author:  [@slvr98camaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slvr98camaro)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2006, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help-pci-2-1-slot/186101/11 "2006-11-08T09:35:04Z")
> [@Wii Play](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-play/24909/27):
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> This is the connectors on the card that I have:
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> The only slot in my computer, only accepts the first 2 sections of the connector…
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> Am I just being retarded here or something?
how old is it?
every computer I have takes the same thing, even my old piece of crap gateway from 2000 will take it
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### Author:  [@burnyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnyd)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2006, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help-pci-2-1-slot/186101/12 "2006-11-08T09:53:32Z")
> [@Wii Play](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-play/24909/27):
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> This is the connectors on the card that I have:
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> The only slot in my computer, only accepts the first 2 sections of the connector…
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> Am I just being retarded here or something?
lol yes you are trying to plug into the agp slot.
take a pic of your mobo
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### Author:  [@4doors5gears](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4doors5gears)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2006, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help-pci-2-1-slot/186101/13 "2006-11-08T10:09:43Z")
her computer is not that old, it has PCI which is a white connector, EISA slots are brown or black and haven’t been put on a motherboard since I’d say around 99-2000…
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### Author:  [@S10Blazed\_Si](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S10Blazed_Si)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2006, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help-pci-2-1-slot/186101/14 "2006-11-08T10:23:35Z")
I’ve had PCI cards like that where the 3rd ‘leg’ of the card is not actually in the slot - and it worked fine.
It was a SATA controller, FYI.
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### Author:  [@ninjenn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninjenn)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2006, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help-pci-2-1-slot/186101/15 "2006-11-08T11:14:45Z")
> [@whats going on in amherst lately?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-going-on-in-amherst-lately/25665/43):
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> her computer is not that old, it has PCI which is a white connector, EISA slots are brown or black and haven’t been put on a motherboard since I’d say around 99-2000…
you’ve seen the inside of my computer, so will the white PCI connector work even though it doesn’t have the third section of it?
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### Author:  [@ninjenn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninjenn)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2006, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help-pci-2-1-slot/186101/16 "2006-11-08T11:15:37Z")
> [@whats going on in amherst lately?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-going-on-in-amherst-lately/25665/41):
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> how old is it?
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> every computer I have takes the same thing, even my old piece of crap gateway from 2000 will take it
I bought this computer in June.
> I’ve had PCI cards like that where the 3rd ‘leg’ of the card is not actually in the slot - and it worked fine.
So… should I try it and see if it works??? I’m really not trying to break anything… lol.
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### Author:  [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2006, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help-pci-2-1-slot/186101/17 "2006-11-08T11:30:56Z")
> [@PIX: Sabres morning skate and story](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pix-sabres-morning-skate-and-story/25688/14):
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> I’ve had PCI cards like that where the 3rd ‘leg’ of the card is not actually in the slot - and it worked fine.
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> It was a SATA controller, FYI.
32bit vs 64bit
jenn… slam that in there and see if it works…it should line up fine… it will be limited to 32bit (from the sounds of it) on your motherboard… no big deal really.
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### Author:  [@xlogic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xlogic)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2006, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help-pci-2-1-slot/186101/18 "2006-11-08T11:44:09Z")
if the first two will fit then put it in…data throughput will just be lower…but on a soundcard it’s not going to matter…
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### Author:  [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2006, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help-pci-2-1-slot/186101/19 "2006-11-08T11:48:22Z")
:repost:
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### Author:  [@4doors5gears](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4doors5gears)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2006, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-help-pci-2-1-slot/186101/20 "2006-11-08T11:49:41Z")
> [@OFFICIAL Buffalo Sabres Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-buffalo-sabres-thread/25170/3440):
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> you’ve seen the inside of my computer, so will the white PCI connector work even though it doesn’t have the third section of it?
I’m sorry I can’t really remember what the inside looked like but that really looks like a normal PCI card and I don’t imagine it having any problems fitting into a normal PCI slot, just the end might stick out, as mentioned before.