[clug] PCI 2.2 devices and a non-PCI 2.2 bus

[Tony Breeds]

On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 06:35:13PM +1100, Michael Still wrote:
> 
> Heya,
> 
> so, I have a PCI 2.2 device (or at least the box says), and the random 
> sacraficial machine I wanted to plug it into has an Intel 430TX PCI host 
> bridge on board.
> 
> When I plug the card in, the machine refuses to power up. This makes me 
> very sad.
> 
> Now, googling tells me that the Intel 430TX is a PCI 2.1 host bridge, 
> which is I assume why it doesn't work. The machine is an Intel Pentium 
> 133 machine from a very long time ago.
> 
> So, after all that, my question. What is the oldest machine in my 
> collection that I can reasonably expect to have a PCI 2.2 bus on the 
> motherboard? Googling hasn't found anything which indicates to me what 
> the first machines to ship with this version was.

Well according to:
 http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/mature/index.htm
an i810 was the first Intel chipset wich means lat pII on


Yours Tony

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