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I know there are similar questions to mine, but in this case I need to insert a mini PCIe card into a PCIe slot.

Summing it up, I have a mini-ITX motherboard with a PCIe x16 slot and I have a mini PCIe HDCP capture card.

Is there any way to insert this mini PCIe into the PCIe x16 slot? An adapter would be fine.

João Amaro
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    It’s commonly called PCIe to Mini-PCIe adapter, not the other way. That being said, out of curiosity: what’s an “HDMI card”? – Daniel B Jun 06 '18 at 09:27
  • @DanielB here's the card I have: http://www.magewell.com/pro-capture-mini-hdmi – João Amaro Jun 06 '18 at 09:30
  • That is a HDCP capture cards. I edited it in. (Just HDMI is ike saying I have a 'copper thing' rather than a 'copper tube'). – Hennes Jun 06 '18 at 10:37

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Adapters do exist and are quite cheap. As little as $10 on eBay.
Mini-PCIe to PCIe-1x or PCIe-4x are most common and will fit in a PCIe-16x slot. (mini-PCIe can't have 16 PCIe lanes anyway.)
There are also "sets" consisting of an adapter and a min-PCIe WLAN card. You could take the WLAN card out and replace it with your capture card, because the converter is generic and will work with outer mini-PCIe cards.

Please note: mini-PCIe devices can use either PCIe or USB to make the connection. Be careful to buy a converter compatible with the variant your capture card uses. Not every converter can handle both variants.

Tonny
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  • Thanks. I really had already seen them on eBay but I didn't knew they could work with my card too. Already requested one. – João Amaro Jun 06 '18 at 12:10