Hi, On 28/07/2011, at 2:55 AM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >> [ … ] >> Perhaps I'm being thick, but this says "a 16x slot on this board does not >> support a display card" not "a 16x slot on this board only supports a >> display card." >> >> The examples you cite only support the "vice-versa" part of your claim, not >> the primary claim that 16x slots on some motherboards are only for display >> cards. Do you have a reference for that? > > You're not being thick. I'm simply using what's in the manual as a > hard, validated example that the *type* of card that goes into a PCIe > x16 slot can matter, and that some types are compatible while others are > not. > > I cannot find you a hard documented reference for my claims right now, > so you can consider them lies/FUD/whatever for the time being, that's > fine by me at this point. > > I can find you examples on Google of people who invested in Areca > ARC-1220 cards (PCIe x8) only to find out that when inserted into one of > their two PCIe x16 slots the mainboard wouldn't start (see above). I can > also find you examples on Google of people with Intel 915GM chipsets > whose user manuals explicitly state the PCIe x16 slot on their board is > "intended for use with graphics cards only".
Just trying to understand; I think I can recall reading about issues with the 915 chipset. I agree a "check, don't assume" warning is reasonable. Regards, Jan. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
