Searching for Right Angle PCI (not PCIe) connector - Page 1
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author: rfdes
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 06, 2023, 01:05:51 pm
content: I am hoping someone might have knowledge for a acquiring a right angle - through hole PCI connector. I am attempting to 'squeeze' a PCI card into an old computer which will not support a vertical PCI card. Height is very limited and the only solution is to use one of these connectors. I found a photo of one, so they must have existed at one time in the past. Since PCI technology has been retired, I am sure they are no longer manufactured but thought that maybe there is someone who knows where I might find a NOS sample. I've been searching for some time but it isdifficult to weed out the PCIe from the PCI connectors.Any help would be appreciated.Thanks

author: CaptDon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 06, 2023, 01:50:47 pm
content: Not sure where to get the connector you need but there were some circuit card with connector solutions. It simply looks like a PCI card that is only 1 inch high and plugs in to the PCI slot and then has a normal PCI connector soldered 'through hole' which of course provides the 90 degrees you are looking for. I have seen this weird arrangement where they stack up to 4 cards laying horizontally above each other. I think IBM and Dell used this trick.

author: DTJ
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 06, 2023, 02:23:50 pm
content: Could you use an adapter?https://duckduckgo.com/?q=right+angle+pci+adapter&t=ffab&iax=images&ia=images

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 06, 2023, 02:55:04 pm
content: Quote from: rfdes on September 06, 2023, 01:05:51 pmReally? It took me 2 minutes to find them on Digi-Key; one is in stock:https://www.digikey.ch/en/products/detail/sullins-connector-solutions/RBB60DHAS-S1962/927344Here's the whole results, to give you other part numbers to look at:https://www.digikey.ch/short/bv9wprcb

author: MarkS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 06, 2023, 02:57:31 pm
content: Quote from: tooki on September 06, 2023, 02:55:04 pm2 minutes, huh? Took me 30 seconds!

author: rfdes
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 06, 2023, 03:15:58 pm
content: How embarrassing! It is no fun being the fool!!! I don't know how I missed these but I certainly did.I appreciate you leading me to the 'water'.Take care -

author: MarkS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 06, 2023, 11:09:50 pm
content: Quote from: rfdes on September 06, 2023, 03:15:58 pmYou just have to get used to the filters on the various component sites. Search for "PCI connector", select the 32-bit versions (all voltages) and then choose "through hole, right angle" or similar. Don't search for a specific item, say "Right angle PCI connector", unless you're certain of the wording.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 06, 2023, 11:33:56 pm
content: Quote from: MarkS on September 06, 2023, 02:57:31 pmI need to figure out which browser extension is causing Digikey’s parametric search to slow to a crawl. :p

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 06, 2023, 11:35:24 pm
content: Quote from: MarkS on September 06, 2023, 11:09:50 pmQuoted for truth.It is well worth your time to deeply familiarize yourself with your preferred component vendor’s parametric search and product categories. Free text search is rarely as successful.

author: MarkS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 07, 2023, 12:34:53 am
content: Quote from: tooki on September 06, 2023, 11:33:56 pmDigikey seems rather tempermental. Some days it's fast and other days is painfully slow. Today it was fast.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 07, 2023, 08:37:27 am
content: Quote from: MarkS on September 07, 2023, 12:34:53 amMaybe, but I know that in my case it’s due to browser extension(s).Of course, I’d rather just the old, more compact view that was filtered server-side.

author: fourtytwo42
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 07, 2023, 11:53:41 am
content: I have a box full of those, some with even two sockets BUT unfortunately there here in the UK so not much use to you

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 07, 2023, 12:05:25 pm
content: They're somewhat common on old 1U server computers, since obviously the card can't fit vertical, so there's a 90deg PCI to PCI adaptor that plugs into the motherboard and allows 1 horizontally mounted card.2U servers can have them too, but they're often for double PCI slots into one slot on the MB using a custom connector. So they're not a useful source of PCI to PCI adaptors.