On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 11:26 AM John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Upon discovering that Slot 2 was closed my first thought was to open it > up. A Dreml with a small bit would do the job, except that my hands are > not the steadiest. Plus, I don't know if the wiring for Slot 2 dictates > that it be closed. I can't think of any reason why it would have to be > closed, but what do I know? > > Cut it. If you're worried about steady hands, I'll do it for you. Or, alternatively, cut the card's connector down to fit in the x8 slot. They also make pciE extension cables, so we could test this idea on something cheap before taking the risk on the expensive parts. -wes _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
