PCI slot...in this one or that one??

[ZeroCool]

I have a biostart m7mia mobo and I heard that my sound card should go into my bottom PCI slot in order so it doesn't interfere with the vid card but I had it set up in another one of the slots and the IRQs were straight. Does it really matter??

[Rick]

NO it doesn't matter.
The only conflict I have seen with the SB5.1 and selecting a pci slot have been involving the raid controller on the via based mother boards.
And then when the raid was in use.

If it works DON'T FIX IT

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[This message has been edited by Rick (edited 07-26-2001).]

[spaceAlien]

I always spread cards around to dissapate heat better rather than crowding them all together.


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[Paleo Pete]

In theory PCI cards can use any slot. In practice some of them seem to be picky. Usually, any slot will work, but I have seen instances where some, video cards in particular, must be in slot 1. Other cards can go in any slot and it shouldn't make any difference. I always put the video card in slot 0 or 1, depending on how they are designated, and let any others sort themselves out.

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