[Tfug] Any PCI-Express experts in the house?

[Harry McGregor]

Glenn Shannon wrote:
> It's a Dell XPS 600 (With the nVidia SLI Intel 32x chipset) that I am *trying* to put an x4 PCI-E SATA II RAID Controller (3ware 9590SE-8ML) into. If I remove one of the PCI-E graphics cards and put the x4 RAID card in its place, it doesn't boot. Without the RAID controller in it, it boots with only one video card installed.
>
> I assume I'm screwed.
>   
Your assumption is probably correct.

The GX620 with onboard video won't work with the PCI-E raid card in the 
x16 slot either.

I wound up having to use a cheezy Highpoint 32bit PCI card.

                   Harry

>>>> micros at osef.org 5/26/2006 2:23 pm >>>
>>>>         
> Maybe.
>
> Is it a true x16 slot, or is it a PEG?
>
> We ran into an issue with a dell GX620, you can't use the x16 PEG slot 
> (PCI Express Graphics) slot for anything but video.
>
> Most SLI boards, or server boards with x16 slots are universal x16, but 
> most consumer boards with one x16 slot are only PEG slots, not full PCI 
> Express.
>
> A true x16 slot can use x16, x8, x4 and x1 cards, but a PEG slot can 
> only work with a video card
>
>                     Harry
>
> Glenn Shannon wrote:
>   
>> Simple question: Will a PCI-Express X4 card work in an X16 slot?
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Tucson Free Unix Group - tfug at tfug.org 
>> Subscription Options:
>> http://www.tfug.org/mailman/listinfo/tfug 
>>   
>>     
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Tucson Free Unix Group - tfug at tfug.org 
> Subscription Options:
> http://www.tfug.org/mailman/listinfo/tfug
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Tucson Free Unix Group - tfug at tfug.org
> Subscription Options:
> http://www.tfug.org/mailman/listinfo/tfug
>