The problem is that it's a 2U case, and the mobo I've got has a PCI express slot where the PCI riser card goes (:
Thanks for the offer, Steve On Thu, 18 May 2006 09:19:22 +1200 Craig FALCONER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a two port PCI serial card spare if you want it. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Holdoway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 18 May 2006 9:19 a.m. > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: And tonight's hardware failure is... > > > Because I *bought* a copy of vmware workstation, and I'm going to jolly well > use it! This means that I need a GUI on the server, which, in turn, requires > nvidia drivers to run the onboard chipset. I was using vesa drivers until > the latest nvidia ones would install, but I think that they were scribbling > on low memory whenever the wind turned easterly. > > TBH I also wanted a gui on this server... none of the virtualized ones > except Win2k3r2 ( sorry ) use them. I've got loads of disk space, and plans > to build up a media server, and want to play with stuff locally. The real > downside is that I've got no serial port, so I may be swapping to another > (ati based) mobo that does. > > Steve > > On Thu, 18 May 2006 09:03:37 +1200 > Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > May I ask why your server needs nvidia drivers? > > > > On 17/05/06, Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ...the power cord. Over the last 2 months, this server has given me > > > nothing but grief. From wrongly wired switches to memory failure to > > > disk failure, and a three week battle with instability that was > > > finally cured by the latest nvidia drivers, it's running out of > > > things to throw at me. > > > > > > Obviously not quite run out completely, though (: > > > > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > >
