MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 3,1: For what could one use the PCI-e slot where the bluetooth card used to be?

[pullman]

I'm trying to extend the life of my 3,1 and install High Sierra, which requires swapping out the wifi and bluetooth cards for a BCM94360CD card.

What I am wondering is for what one could use the slot where the bluetooth card sat?

For instance are there mini SSDs that could fit there, or something else?

This is more out of idle curiosity than anything else, but I am interested so thanks in advance for your replies.

Philip

 

[tsialex]

I'm trying to extend the life of my 3,1 and install High Sierra, which requires swapping out the wifi and bluetooth cards for a BCM94360CD card.

What I am wondering is for what one could use the slot where the bluetooth card sat?

For instance are there mini SSDs that could fit there, or something else?

This is more out of idle curiosity than anything else, but I am interested so thanks in advance for your replies.

Philip

Nothing really useful, it's just one lane PCIe v1.0 connected to the southbridge.

 

[pullman]

Thank you Alex, that is helpful to know. But out of curiosity what kind of cards exist that could fit there?

Nothing really useful, it's just one lane PCIe v1.0 connected to the southbridge.

 

[tsialex]

Thank you Alex, that is helpful to know. But out of curiosity what kind of cards exist that could fit there?

There was a Taiwanese manufacturer that made USB2.0 cards and converters to the miniPCIe slot to standard PCIe x1 slots for PCIe x1 for things like very slow e-GPUs and some other cards.

It's too slow for anything really useful.

 

[pullman]

Thank you very much Alex. I appreciate that you took the time to reply to such an odd question. I guess my quest to use this slot for anything useful is over.

cheers
Philip

There was a Taiwanese manufacturer that made USB2.0 cards and converters to the miniPCIe slot to standard PCIe x1 slots for PCIe x1 for things like very slow e-GPUs and some other cards.

It's too slow for anything really useful.