Recently, I visited an online forum where one engineer asked for options for duplicating an existing PC-based test system that has four PCI expansion slots. His problem: Consumer-grade desktop PCs ...

Although the ability to expand a home computer with more RAM, storage and other features has been around for as long as home computers exist, it wasn’t until the IBM PC that the concept of a fully ...

After the Pi 4 released, a discovery was quickly made that the internals of the popular single-board computer use PCIe to communicate with each other. This wasn’t an accessible PCIe bus normally ...

Building a computer isn't all that hard, but there are a few parts that can be confusing. When you start installing PCI cards—video cards, network cards, and other expansion cards—it's hard to know ...

You may have wondered which slot you're supposed to install a graphics card into on a motherboard when there's more than one slot. If it has only one PCI Express x16 ...

Anyone who has a gaming PC knows that you use a PCIe socket for installing the most important component on your PC, a ...

Those little SOHO firewall/VPN appliances are getting a challenge from PCI cards that perform much the same function. SnapGear is introducing PCI630, a $300 card that it says takes the place of those ...

Being able to identify the PCI cards installed in your company's computers can make upgrading or troubleshooting hardware an easier task. It can also make it easier to track down up-to-date drivers, ...

When people spec out a motherboard, they look at its PCIe generation numbers, VRMs, chipset lanes, and connectivity. What ...

Today I tried to make a S3 Virge PCI card work as a second displaycard in Windows XP. The card works just fine except for the fact that Windows cpmpletely locks up after a minute. Cause of the problem ...

Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance follows certain requirements launched in 2006 that are designed to ensure the safety and security of credit card data. Credit card processors mandate all ...