PCI Sequence on New Board

[redbaron]

Another Newbie question! When I set up my new Epox 8KTA3 do I have to use the PCI slots in sequence, for instance if I have 3 PCI Cards do I have to use Slots 1, 2 and 3 ; or can I use 1 ,3 and 6. The reason I ask is that initially I will be using a 'Hercules Prophet 32mb PCI 3D Card' which has a Heat-Sink but no fan, so I want to keep a gap between it and the other PCI Cards. Thanks for any info you can give.

 

[jscobie]

hey im thinking it does not, but im not sure man, and id like to know this answer for sure. if i try it ill be installing my new NIC into PCI 6...damn fans everywhere!!! LOL

 

[DoubleL]

You wouldn't want to use 1,2,3, You can use 1,3,6,or 1,4,6

 

[AnimEva]

i would check if there is any irq sharing between any pci slots and/or the agp port. my a7v has sharing with the agp port and the 1st pci slot. also the 4th and 5th pci slots share an irq, according to the manual.

 

[redbaron]

OK thanks, I'll give it a shot and see what happens

 

[HansXP]

If you run Win2K, you won't need to deal with any of that. With 9x, follow their advice.