Re: Motherboard slot
 

On Apr 4, 9:28*am, "Periproct" <Peripr...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> Being slightly lazy here. I have tried google, honest but time is short.
>
> I have an old PCI slot motherboard but there is another slot which I can't
> identify. A short brown slot divided equally in two. I thought CNR at first
> but from what I can find on google that is divided into two slots of unequal
> length.
>
> Any ideas?

maybe an agp card slot?
-J

Re: Motherboard slot
 

Periproct wrote:
> "jinxy" <willandsue@rogers.com> wrote in message
> news:e11a8387-28ad-422c-8f3a-a193bb0a5cbf@g19g2000yql.googlegroups.com...
> On Apr 4, 9:28 am, "Periproct" <Peripr...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>> Being slightly lazy here. I have tried google, honest but time is short.
>>
>> I have an old PCI slot motherboard but there is another slot which I can't
>> identify. A short brown slot divided equally in two. I thought CNR at
> first
>> but from what I can find on google that is divided into two slots of
> unequal
>> length.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> maybe an agp card slot?
> -J
>
> That took me off to google again. It looks more the size of a PCIe x1 slot
> but even that is divided slightly off centre. I'll check the motherboard
> again.
>
> Desperately trying to get LogMeIn to display the video that is recorded on
> the PC running DVR surviellance software.

In the picture of an AMR slot here, there are 11 positions in one section,
and 12 positions in the other. The off-center divider, means a card
can only be inserted one way.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...I_slots.gk.jpg

If your connector is truly symmetric, and there are no other mechanical guidance
features to prevent wrong insertion, it could mean the pinout has some
symmetry to it. Such that if the inserted device was rotated the wrong way,
there'd be no damage. Maybe a device with two identical channels, arranged
with mirror symmetry ?

If the device was "just a PC", there'd be less incentive to put
a really strange connector in there.

Some older PCs had provision to add a voltage regulator module,
but even that should be set up to only fit one way.

Paul

Re: Motherboard slot
 

On Apr 4, 3:06*pm, "Periproct" <Peripr...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> "Paul" <nos...@needed.com> wrote in message
>
> news:gr875t$gii$1@news.motzarella.org...> Periproct wrote:
> > > "jinxy" <willand...@rogers.com> wrote in message
>
> news:e11a8387-28ad-422c-8f3a-a193bb0a5cbf@g19g2000yql.googlegroups.com...
>
> > > On Apr 4, 9:28 am, "Periproct" <Peripr...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> > >> Being slightly lazy here. I have tried google, honest but time is
> short.
>
> > >> I have an old PCI slot motherboard but there is another slot which I
> can't
> > >> identify. A short brown slot divided equally in two. I thought CNR at
> > > first
> > >> but from what I can find on google that is divided into two slots of
> > > unequal
> > >> length.
>
> > >> Any ideas?
>
> > > maybe an agp card slot?
> > > -J
>
> > > That took me off to google again. It looks more the size of a PCIe x1
> slot
> > > but even that is divided slightly off centre. I'll check the motherboard
> > > again.
>
> > > Desperately trying to get LogMeIn to display the video that is recorded
> on
> > > the PC running DVR surviellance software.
>
> > In the picture of an AMR slot here, there are 11 positions in one section,
> > and 12 positions in the other. The off-center divider, means a card
> > can only be inserted one way.
>
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._and_PCI_slots....
>
> Snipped
>
> I reckon that is the one.
> Being used as a DVR recording security cameras the PC is hidden away and a
> shade hard to get at but it is in the right position in relation to the
> adjacent PCI slot and centre divider does look just off centre.
> At least I can write that slot off as not PCIe x1.
> Thanks.

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