A PCIe to PCI bridge is a very standard component of most motherboards thes=
e days. While it=92s generally embedded in the south bridge, to Windows the=
re=92s no difference between that and the solution you mention.

I don=92t see a reason it wouldn=92t work.

TTYL

On Aug 31, 2014, at 10:34 AM, Joe McCauley <PMCCULEY@tcd.ie> wrote:

> I'm upgrading my PC & the new system has no PCI slots. I need to run some=
 NI data acquisition PCI cards in this machine, so I was looking at one of =
these - http://www.virtuavia.eu/shop/pci-e-x1-to-dual-pci-with-case.html.
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> Has anyone used something similar? Will my OS (windows 7/8.1) see the car=
ds? I'm going to be running them in Labview. I'm sort of stuck with this ma=
chine and apart from that, PCI slots seem to be well on the way out so if i=
t worked, this would be a lot better than throwing out all the PCI cards I =
use from time to time.=20
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> Advice appreciated.
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> Thanks,
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