Mac Pro : Limits and possibilities of PCIe slots

Slot power · x1 cards are limited to A at +12 V and 10 W combined · x4 and wider cards are limited to A at +12 V and 25 W combined · A full-

Mac Pro : Limits and possibilities of PCIe slots Testing PCIe x1 slot: The card has a x8 edge which means it can't be inserted into a x1 slot For testing a x1 slot, you need a PCIe Gen 3 (or

Slot power · x1 cards are limited to A at +12 V and 10 W combined · x4 and wider cards are limited to A at +12 V and 25 W combined · A full-

pcie 30 x4 slot It is a serial bus point-to-point protocol General processors use the smallest PCI x1 slots Graphic cards use the longest PCI x16 slots PCIe x1 interface has

PCIe Status First slots shipped in Q4 CY2007 Adoption is slower than Gen1 Page 21 PCI Express and Storage © 2008 Storage Networking

pcieslot PCIe Cable Adapter · PCIe Gen 1 · PCIe Gen 2 · PCIe Gen 3

The PCIe Slots are usually numbered from 1 to 16, and will be designated by a PCIe x1, x4, x8, or x16 label Remember that these labels refer to