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Topic: Question About Expansion Slots |
James Quillian
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San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2019 9:14 am |
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What is the exact name of the type of expansion slot that would be needed in order to accept the sound card below so that it can be inserted into a USB device like the one in the second image? It doesn't fit into the device in the second image.
The sound card fits properly into a slot on a standard sized PC. I may just need to know the name given to that sized expansion slot.
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Wiz Feinberg
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Posted 27 Nov 2019 8:24 pm
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I believe that card has a PCI connector array and requires a PCI slot. These slots go way back to Windows XP motherboards of the early 2000s and are probably non-existent in modern motherboards. Furthermore, even if you find an old XP computer that still works and has this type of slot, old M-Audio drivers may be unobtainable.
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Wiz Feinberg
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James Quillian
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San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Posted 28 Nov 2019 5:43 pm
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| Wiz Feinberg wrote: |
| I believe that card has a PCI connector array and requires a PCI slot. These slots go way back to Windows XP motherboards of the early 2000s and are probably non-existent in modern motherboards. Furthermore, even if you find an old XP computer that still works and has this type of slot, old M-Audio drivers may be unobtainable. |
I have had this same basic sound card plugged into a pci slot before. It fits just fine in a regular motherboard.
Would a PCI express slot be any different?
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Jack Stoner
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Posted 29 Nov 2019 2:50 am
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Some (many) PCI sound cards require true PCI slots. Modern motherboards that have a PCI slot are not a "true" PCI slot but just a bridge to the PCIe bus.
Using these old PCI cards, such as this one, in modern motherboards and current Windows (e.g. Win 10) is iffy at best from comments on some recording forums. |
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James Quillian
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Jack Stoner
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James Quillian
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Posted 29 Nov 2019 7:41 am
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I get good use out of old Dells I use them as the workhorses they were intended to to be.
For recording they seem to work just fine. I am sure "business computers" have some limitations but I can't say I know what what those limitations are. This particular one works very well so far for what I use it for. Thanks for the reply.
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Jack Stoner
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Posted 29 Nov 2019 8:57 am
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I have a home recording studio using Cakewalk Sonar and Presonus Studio 1 4.5 Pro. Most new DAW versions are 64 bit. Plug-ins are also either 64 bit (e.g. Izotope Ozone 9) or moving to 64 bit. That limits Win 7 support.
Business systems are fine for audio production, just the built in audio is limited in most. Dell's higher business line (Workstations) "Precision" is also a good DAW PC.
However I would suggest the full size desktops, since they will accept full size expansion cards. |
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Wiz Feinberg
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Posted 29 Nov 2019 9:08 am
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I dug up an old SoundBlaster Forte 7.1 card and breakout box from my Windows XP computer days. I did a little research and found the biggest problem was the lack of drivers for Windows 7 or 10. Unsupported devices are bad investments and can cause BSODs in Windows if a system updated renders it incompatible. I saw a few reports of this happening to people running custom drivers from a particular coder.
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