...unfortunately the case has 3 full length horizontal slots accessed by a non-standard size riser ( if there was a pci slot in the place of the pci-e one. Although it will physically fit this slot, I don't think it's a good idea(tm) to use it in this manner!
There's also a serial riser on the board, but it's a 14 pin, totally non-standard one, and the importer has no intention of getting any because of the high volumes required by the manufacturer ( even if it is their premier board! ). Thanks for your persistence though - it's much appreciated. Steve On Thu, 18 May 2006 11:38:47 +1200 Craig FALCONER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's a low profile card with a full height bracket. Take the top serial > port off and connect it to a cutout on the rear of the case (if there are > any) and gently persuade the end to bend. Then it should work fine. > > I've used this method to make normal PCI modems fit into IBM desktop cases > with good success. > > -- > C. Falconer > http://www.avonside.school.nz/ > http://criggie.dyndns.org/ > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Holdoway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 18 May 2006 9:58 a.m. > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: And tonight's hardware failure is... > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > >
