PCI Express arrives on the Raspberry Pi CM4 - A Guide

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The Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 IO Board exposes an x1 PCI Express Gen 2.0 slot.

What can you do with the slot? And are there any tips or tricks to make sure you don't accidentally cook a PCIe card—or the Pi?

See all the cards I am testing: https://pipci.jeffgeerling.com

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Products mentioned in this video (affiliate links):

- X-acto knife: https://amzn.to/3hvRmqd
- Zona Micro Saw Blades: https://amzn.to/3b7xR6z
- ASUS 10 Gbps PCIe NIC: https://amzn.to/381jKO1
- 16x to 1x passive PCIe Adapter: https://amzn.to/3pBwctP

See the Pi PCIe website mentioned earlier for links to all the other cards mentioned, and to follow my progress testing those cards in the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 IO Board.

#RaspberryPi #ComputeModule4

Contents:

00:00 - ASUS Christmas Card
00:24 - Hello, x1 PCI Express Slot!
01:12 - Adapting x4, x8, x16 cards
02:56 - Getting enough BAR Space
03:50 - Drivers and Kernels
04:35 - PCI-E Switches
05:05 - Overview of cards I'm testing
06:11 - GPUs (Graphics Cards)
07:50 - USB 3.0 Cards
09:00 - M.2 and NVMe Adapters
10:27 - Network Cards
12:43 - SATA and Storage Cards
13:50 - PCIe Switches and Adapters
15:52 - Is it worth it? And Bloopers
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