Patent ID: 7389196

Claim:
An automated system for validating Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus adapters or PCI-X bus adapters comprising: a computer, said computer including a motherboard a PCI-X bus, and an isolated test slot for operatively coupling a PCI/PCI-X adapter under test through said PCI-X bus to said motherboard, said isolated test slot being adapted and arranged to minimize degradation of data flow on said PCI-X bus such that a PCI-X adapter, mounted in said isolated test slot, can negotiate to a required operating rate which is greater than PCI operating rates, wherein said computers is configured as a low profile system and wherein said isolated test slot is configured as a low profile slot, said low profile slot comprising a bus isolation extender and a wearout extender stacked thereon; and wherein said computer is operable to negotiate with and test a PCI or PCI-X bus adapter mounted in said isolated test slot at the required PCI or PCI-X operating rate, respectively.