On 03/08/2004, at 12:01 PM, Ken wrote:
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.
It works. I have a 6360 board (160MHz) in my 6400 case with ethernet card and graphics card in the two PCI slots on the 2 slot riser card. They work OK. I don't use the machine much, but they work OK.
I did this because I wanted the faster 200MHz motherboard in the 6360 case, just 'cos I really adore the small desktop form (can you tell? - http://www.danamania.com/gallery/beige/ ) and this one I do use quite a bit more! Just noting for completeness too, that 1 slot riser works fine in the 6400 motherboard with a PCI ethernet card. I'd use CSII ethernet instead in both machines if I had any laying around. PCI ethernet just happened to be common in my drawer-o-bits.
As for the original question - I have no idea if the 2 slot board and 2 cards would work with the existing 6360 psu. I'd guess it depends on how much power the two cards together needs. I too wouldn't mind cutting away the metalwork if it were possible to fit another card on a twin riser in there. A 6500 based 500MHz G3 Rage 128 USB powered 6360 would be awfully nice!
dana
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