I have that same board in my main rig - very nice board, like it a lot. This is going in my HTPC. Currently I have this board:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128090 But it died on me - after a month of flawless operation it gives 1 long 2 short beeps and not POST. I am debating whether to go through the hassle of waiting for RMA (gigabyte says 2-3 weeks from when they get it, and it will take a week for it to get there from Quebec) or just say screw it and get this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128335 $20 in shipping gets me (hopefully) a working board in about a month, $100 gets me a brand new board. Difference is it's ATX instead of micro ATX with a few more dongles and better spacing. It's going into a tower case so the micro ATX isn't really an advantage anyways. ---- Brian On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 9:14 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am currently running an ABit IX38-QuadGT with: > > 8800GTX (16x in a 16x slot) > Areca 1210 (8x in a 16x slot) > Asus Xonar D2X (1x in a 4x slot) > > All working fine, although for a few reboots after a BIOS flash, the > areca seems to report its running at 1x. Not sure what makes it do it, > nor what makes it flick back to 8x and stay there. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart > > Sent: 09 July 2008 14:02 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [H] Non-video cards in PCIe slot > > > > In theory, yes, you should be able to. > > > > In practice, a lot of boards have busted implementations and don't > > work well > > with cards other than graphics. Intel-based boards seem to be the > > biggest > > culprit, but the fact that not all have the issue seems to implicate > > the > > boad manufacturer more than the chipset (or Intel) itself. Good news > > is that > > taping over the SMBus pins on the PCIe card connector seems to resolve > > the > > issue for those boards that do have issues. > > > > Greg > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 7:53 AM > > > To: hwg > > > Subject: [H] Non-video cards in PCIe slot > > > > > > Might be a dumb question, but can you stick any PCI Express card in > > the > > > 16x > > > PCI-E slot found on most motherboards? Or is that slot for video > > only > > > and > > > you need to stick all other PCI-E cards in other slots. > > > > > > Asking specifically because I am about to order a PCI-E x8 RAID > > card. > > > I > > > plan on sticking it in my Gigabyte 780G mobo which has 1 16x PCI-E > > slot > > > and > > > 2 regular PCI slots; the PCI-E slot is free since I am using the > > > onboard > > > video. > > > > > > ---- > > > Brian > > > > > > > > [CC]Personal[/CC] > This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or > otherwise protected from disclosure. > If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender > and delete this message and any > attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you > must not copy this message or attachment > or disclose the contents to any other person. > Incoming and outgoing email communications may be monitored by Clifford > Chance, as permitted by applicable > law and regulations. > > For further information about Clifford Chance please see our website at > http://www.cliffordchance.com or refer > to any Clifford Chance office. > > Clifford Chance LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in > England & Wales under number OC323571. > The firm's registered office and principal place of business is at 10 Upper > Bank Street, London, E14 5JJ. > For further details, including a list of members and their professional > qualifications, see our website > at www.cliffordchance.com. The firm uses the word 'partner' to refer to a > member of Clifford Chance LLP or > an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. The > firm is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. > The Authority's rules can be accessed by clicking on the following link: > http://www.sra.org.uk/code-of-conduct.page > >
