NI 6259 card compatibility

[Treckl]

I have several NI 6259 DAQ PCI cards, are they compatible with newer mainboards, i.e. PCIe slots?

[Aaron_W.]

If your new motherboard has PCI slots they should work. Are you asking if PCI cards will work in PCIe slots? There are also PCIe versions of the 6259 as well. Not exactly sure what you are asking.

[Treckl]

Some mainboards dont come with classical PCI slots anymore, so I take a "PCI" card isnt compatible with "PCIe" 

Looking at this chart its pretty clear though :manembarrassed:

 

[Aaron_W.]

Correct, PCI isn't compatible with new PCIe slots.

[Now_With_Underscores]

PCI is a parallel architecture.  PCIe is a serial architecture.  While there are chips to convert from one bus to the other, they're not 'plug and play' and certainly aren't warranted to work with NI hardware.  Your options are to either use a desktop with PCI slot or buy PCIe hardware.  

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

Just ran into this issue with Corporate who orders PC's.

The HP they ordered had no PCI slots, just PCIe. HP offers a slot conversion adapter board option. Have yet to try to see how it works, at this point I have my doubts that all will go well.

Will post an update when I get the PC.

-AK2DM