PCI port not working - Supermicro server board

[DemonWars]

I just got my first Server board!
I'm really stoked but it only has 2 USB ports in the back and 2 on the board itself.

I have a PCI (not PCI-E) 5xUSB card but it doesn't register on the board.
I tested it on another PC and it works on there and also an audio card doesn't work.
I have windows 7, the same OS on the tested PC.

Is it likely that the port is just dead or is there a bios setting i should change?

[TidaLWaveZ]

Some boards require 4pin power to the PCI/PCIe connectors check if you have a 4pin PCI/PCIe power input.  If so ensure that a 4pin power cable from PSU is plugged into it.

[DemonWars]

54 minutes ago, TidaLWaveZ said:

Some boards require 4pin power to the PCI/PCIe connectors check if you have a 4pin PCI/PCIe power input.  If so ensure that a 4pin power cable from PSU is plugged into it.

What kind of 4pin should i look for?

[TidaLWaveZ]

It looks like half of the 8pin CPU power connector. Which model do you have?

[DemonWars]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182219
 

[Mark77]

Supermicro boards can be very finicky, especially when you put consumer-level, non-certified, potentially slightly buggy hardware on them. 

 

Tweak whatever settings you can, but on a board of that age (obsolete), with a single board, and with the nature of the add-in card, I highly doubt they'll devote any engineering effort to helping you.  Therefore, try a PCI-E card if possible, or figure out some alternative.

[TidaLWaveZ]

No dice, you just have the 2 8pins and the 24pin.

Are you putting the card into the bottom PCI slot (that is PCI 1)?

[DemonWars]

Yes in the bottom slot^^

[TidaLWaveZ]

2 minutes ago, DemonWars said:

Yes in the bottom slot^^

 

If you tried both slots, the only thing I can think of is that PCI may be somehow disabled in BIOS.