This PCI/PCI Express Expansion chassis expands available expansion slots by providing additional external PCI & PCIe slots that can be connected to a notebook or desktop PC
- a cost-effective & time-saving way to swap capability offered by PCI/PCIe add-in cards between mobile & desktop operating environments, or simply add & remove PCI/PCIe cards from the host bus without having to open the computer case. The expansion chassis adds two full length (38cm long) PCI slots (32-bit/33 M Hz) as well as two PCIe x 1 (single lane) to the host computer, through a single PCI Express connection to the host computer. An innovative solution for both PCI expansion & PCIe expansion, the external chassis/enclosure
Includes:: a PCIe adapter card which can be installed in any PCIe (x 1) slot on a host desktop computer in order to interface the chassis with the computer
- in turn allow the host computer to function as though the PCI/PCIe cards were installed directly on the host motherboard. For mobile applications, the PCI/PCIe Expansion chassis can be connected to a laptop computer using Star Tech.com's Express Card Connection Cable For PEX2PCI4 (EC2PCI), which adds the functionality offered by the PCI/PCIe expansion cards to the laptop & in turn eliminates the expense of having to purchase duplicate adapter cards for the laptop computer.