On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:15:59 -0600 Barry Pederson <b...@barryp.org> wrote about Re: Support for SAS/SATA non-RAID adapters:
BP> What I was questioning was where the OP said: "it fits into a standard BP> PCIe slot and works nicely there as far as I can tell" - which to me BP> sounds like you could use this HBA in a *NON-Supermicro* motherboard. BP> I was just wondering if that was truly the case, given how in the BP> photos it looks to be arranged physically backwards from a regular BP> PCIe card, and given how you mention "The UIO slot itself is BP> proprietary". I'm sorry if my comment "fits into a standard PCIe slot" was misleading here. I wanted to state that -although Supermirco lists this one as a card for UIO- I plugged it into a standard PCIe slot and it simply works there for me. Just the mounting bracket it came with did not fit, but for a low profile card it is not that difficult to live without it. BP> But some more digging on Google has turned up a few mentions along the BP> lines of: BP> BP> """ BP> This card plugs into a normal PCIe 8x slot but the BP> metal mounting bracket bolted to the card is made BP> for a UIO slot (which is why it's so cheap). BP> BP> All you have to do is remove the metal bracket and BP> zip-tie the card to your case for mechanical support. BP> Electrically it'll work fine in a PCIe x8 or x16 slot. BP> """ That's exactly my experience. BP> If someone wanted to make PCIe compatible brackets for this affordable BP> card, they'd probably sell a fair number to small shops or home users. Yeah, I would also buy some. :-) cu Gerrit _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"