StarTech.com PCI Express to PCI Adapter Card - PCIe to PCI Converter Adapter with Low Profile / Half-Height Bracket , TAA (PEX1PCI1)

Works as promised With no drivers. Installed on a Windows 11 system. The card was recognized at boot. Be advised: this adapter will raise your card by about an inch and a half and may not work in some installations without case modification (butchering one of your card slots). However, in my situation that wasn't the necessary because I have a D-Sub and four proprietary firewire slots. Fortunately I only needed one slot and only one was available after the card installation. Therefore, I didn't have to cut out the card slot. I have some photos to show how I mounted the card. I use number six screw electrical screw kit! Save lots of money on this deal. Was either spend $350 on an outdated proprietary PCIe card, or 1500 to 2 grand on a new USB IO system. With this card I was able to use my old legacy PCI card and everything is beautiful? The Big Beautiful Card Installation😂

I initially had a lot of problems trying to work out why this did not work. Windows x64 Server 2012 R2 on Dual XEON Workstation Platform I kept getting the error However after trying the solution here: http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/646418E97E7AE91D86257C52006276F7 The problem was resolved and it worked fine. My Problem: When I look in the Windows Device Manager, the StarTech adapter shows up as a "PCI standard to PCI-to-PCI bridge" with a yellow exclamation mark next to it. When I click on the yellow exclamation point, I get the error Code 10: Device cannot start. Solution: You are getting this error because your BIOS is likely in native PCIe mode. The way that you can tell that your computer is in native PCIe mode is that one of your ports will be listed as a "PCI standard PCI Express to PCI/PCI-X Bridge" in the Windows Device Manager. Because the chassis is a PXI chassis rather than a PXIe chassis, the BIOS is having trouble enumerating the chassis while your PC is in native PCIe mode. In order to disable PCIe native mode, try the following steps: Open the start menu and type cmd in the search box Right-click on cmd.exe and select Run as administrator In the command window, type bcdedit /set pciexpress forcedisable Reboot your computer If you decide that you want to enable native PCIe mode again, you can reverse this using the command: bcdedit /set pciexpress default

I purchased this adapter to work with the Avertv HD DVR High Definition / Analog Video Capture Card PCIe the I also bought at Amazon. Installation was very easy, however the PCIe card did not have any physical support on the adapter to to help keep it straight. It is possible to get it in there properly, but proceed cautiously. The card you are using this with must have a half height bracket to fit in with this adapter. The card I bought had this, so it was not an issue. Even seated properly, and confirmed several times, the capture card did not work well. Apparently it did get power and it did communicate through the adapter, but the input was such poor quality that it was useless. The video was barely recognizable. The capture card does work properly when plugged directly into a PCIe slot, so I do not fault the capture card. I needed this adapter since my graphics card blocks use of the PCIe slot when it is installed, so without this adapter working, I can have either my capture card OR graphics card installed on this motherboard. I assume there just isn't enough throughput with the adapter for this type of device and function. Based on my experience, I cannot recommend it, although with another, less demanding device it may work adequately. At ~$40 that may not be worth the risk.

I do not write reviews very often. I felt compelled to write one for the PEX1PCI1 in hopes it will help others. Background: I purchased the PEX1PCI1 to overcome my motherboard's limited PCI slot issue. Most motherboard manufacturers are slowly phasing out PCI slots and adding PCIe slots. My ASROck H67M motherboard only has one PCI slot. The PCI slot is populated with my Promise SATA controller card to control 4 of the 5 hard drives in my software Raid-5. I also wanted to use my Audigy 2 ZS sound card. In comes PEX1PCI1 from stage right to possibly fix my problem. The computer I am using the PEX1PCI1 in runs Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit. Problem: Based upon another review mentioning the PEX1PCI1 working in Linux, I decide to buy this and give it a go. I did realized the PEX1PCI1 is low profile and did not have a problem with that for what I was doing. I used this in my Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit computer. My problem came about when trying to use the PEX1PCI1 card with the Audigy 2 ZS in it AND the Promise SATA controller card in the PCI slot on the ASROCK H67M. I am not sure what was conflicting, but the sound card was not being recognized. The PEX1PCI1 was being recognized, but not the Audigy 2 ZS that was in it. Here is the kicker: if I unplugged the 5th hard drive of the Raid-5 array (which was plugged into the H67M's SATA connector) the sound card would be recognized and work perfectly. Of course this meant I could no longer access my files which I wanted to use. I powered down my pc and reconnected the 5th raid hard drive to the H67M's SATA connector. I powered the pc on once again, what do you know the raid is seen and the sound card is no longer functioning. For kicks and giggles, I switched the Promise SATA controller card into the PEX1PCI1 and the Audigy 2 ZS into the motherboard's PCI slot. I powered on my pc and it had no video coming from the video card. My dream of using both the Promise SATA controller card and my sound card came crashing down. Obviously something "wonky" was happening. Yes, "wonky" is a very technical term :D Other Thoughts & Findings: I contacted StarTech's technical support and told them my situation. StarTech was quick to give me a response of: "Thank you for your inquiry! We are sorry to hear about your technical difficulty. It sounds like there may be a conflict between the PEX1PCI1 and something with your PC. First, if possible attempt to install the PEX1PCI1 into a different Windows based PC to test if the PEX1PCI1 is functional. If the card functions in the different PC the drivers for devices on the original PC such as video card, bios etc. may need to be updated. If the card does not function with the original PC please navigate to the link below to begin the exchange process." Per their request, I did test the PEX1PCI1 in a Windows pc (Windows 7 64-bit) and it worked as it should of. The Audigy 2 ZS sound card was recognized. Super awesome fun time! Heck it does me no good if it works, but not 100% in the pc I needed it to. Another thing to note is I didn't have space to put my Promise SATA controller card in the Windows pc. I am not sure if that would of effected the results. The StarTech response was not what I was looking for, but did help me come to a conclusion. Conclusion: I will go out on a limb and say if your using the PEX1PCI1 for a Windows pc you "should" have no issues. The PEX1PCI1 in a Linux pc "could" or "may" work for you, but depends if the motherboard chipset will play nice. For example, if the motherboard's chipset controlling the PCI/PCIe slots will play nice with the PEX1PCI1 and whatever you have populating the PCI/PCIe slots. The cheapest non-creative labs sound card with SPDIF output which is fully supported in Linux is anywhere from $90+ to $180+. I am in the process of RMAing this back to Amazon for a refund. I hope this review is helpful in some way. I wish the StarTech PEX1PCI1 would of worked for me. $35 for the PEX1PCI1 is a paltry sum compared to replacing a $200 sound card. Hopefully it can work for you for your situation.

Su uso es simple no requiere mas drivers, solo quizas el de tu dispositivo pero tal cual se identifica como un antiguo pci sin problemas

Considering how expensive this adapter card is I was extremely disappointed that it does not support half height, mini PCIe cards. I bought another adapter that is $11 and it has the screw mounts and screws for both sizes of cards. Another expensive brand that is about the same price as the StarTech adapter at least has both mounting options. I had to spend another $8 on an adapter plate to get all my device options to work making this almost a $100 solution which is ridiculous at ten times the cost of other working solutions I have. In addition to all the other failures this adapter does not work with the Google Coral TPU cards, computer does not boot.

Works perfectly

Functions perfectly with my Adaptec card for SCSI. 5/5 stars. Does exactly as expected. Only minor complaint is that it makes the card hang past the IO openings in my case, but I don't think making this card any smaller would be feasible, so no points off. Good product, would recommend to others.

PCIe > PCI Es gibt diese Bridges deutlilch billiger, die sparen aber auch einige Bauteile ein. Soweit ich das überlicken kann ist diese Variante standardkonform und liefert sowohl 5v als auch 3,3v. Ob der Mitbewerb dem der Spannungsteiler fehlt dann statt 3,3v einfach 5v an die PCI Karte liefert oder auf dieser Schiene keine Spannung anliegt weiß ich nicht. Mir war das Experiment zu heikel, ich wollte meine RME-Karte nicht grillen, auch wenn ich glaub, daß sie sich ohnehin aus der 5v Schiene versorgt. Das beiliegende Slotblech zum Tausch ist auch genial. So sehen jetzt bei meiner RME Hammerfall 9632 alle Anschlüsse bis auf AES/EBU nach 'außen'. Dazu musste ich nur das Originale Slotblech abmontieren und das mitgelieferte noch etwas ausfeilen. Läuft wunderbar.