adding a PCI slot on mobo

[tiro_uspsss]

It all depends if any of the power trases to the blank slots are active and where they make contact to the pins of the PCI slot. If the power is on on of the inner layers of the board it will be next to imposible for you to get it solderd. Not to mention if you use too much heat you could damage the board. I suggest finding an alternate way of powering the card.

I see where ur coming from.. heres how I think it works: imagine the mobo & the actual physical PCI slot holder thingy in the manufacturer factory.. imagine it on the assembly line.. the mobo would be sitting there, the PCI slot thing hanging above it.. if 'depth' were an issue, I reckon it would be kinda difficult to have it soldered on by machines with all those traces running about inside mobo layers.. I reckon the a machine with multiple solder points simply comes along, goes thru/inside the slot, as the slot is placed on mobo, & *bam* slot is soldered in place.. is that explanation of my crazy imagination clear enough?

edit: another reason I believe this is how its done is 'cause if u grab a mobo, look @ the backside @ PCI slots, (to me) it looks as if all PCI slot pins go all the way thru the mobo

I suggest looking up the pinout of a PCI slot to ID what voltages are on what pins. Then ID the pins in use by the card. Then run wires from the PSU to a PCI slot or dirrectly to the card and your all set.

thats the 'un-fun' way me wants to be xtreeeeeme!