My Reply follows quote. On 02/08/2004 18:36 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >barek moon asks a Q much like the one I pose a while back, about a PCI >riser in the single PCI slot of the 6360. I myself got a single riser, >because i plan to use the TV module that sits on a metal shelf above the >PCI slot. But Barek raises an interesting notion: if one didn't care to >use the TV module and did not care about the coaixial nipple usnit that >normally goes in the area above the PCI slot, could one hack the metal >housing and clear room for a 2 slot riser in the 6360 case? with that >metal shelf area removed, it seems there would be room physically to add >a two slot riser card with right angle turns, to take two PCI cards. the >second PCI card could poke its port out the cutout designed for the >coaxial port if the riser was spaced right.
I would have to pull the riser out of a 6400 and try it out in one of the 6360s I have sitting around to see, but I think it would be a tight squeeze, even with a bit of sawing of the case. You would have to rig up something to hold the PCI cards rigid as you would lose the mount bracked where the cards normally fasten with a screw. > my real wonder is how would the motherboard react to finding itself >having input coming from two PCI cards, in a slot where it only expects >input from one? is there a PCI controller on the board, that will have >no way of handiling input from more than one attached PCI card? > IF the answers seem hopeful, I might try this notion myself, up the >road, if the TV project loses its luster for me. > So let's hear everybody's feedback on this idea. > -janet in venice- As the 6360 uses basically the same logic board as the 6400, which has the two slot riser, I doubt there would be any problem. Ken -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
