[dundee] PCI slots

[Simon Wells]

Hi Colin,

I would be interested in hearing about the power consumption at the wall of your HP Proliant microserver. Any chance you could measure it?

Thanks,
Simon

On 31 May 2011, at 15:04, Colin Brough wrote:

> Hey folks
> 
> OK, so following the earlier thread I got the HP Proliant microserver.
> And a second LAN port on a PCI card.
> 
> Have clearly not bought enough hardware in the last few years, and
> didn't realise the multiplicity of variations on PCI slots! So the
> purchased card doesn't fit... :-(
> 
> Before I get involved in the returns process and ordering a card that
> fits, I want to get it right this time... but can't really identify
> which slots I have. So, picture time:
> 
> 	http://www.colinbrough.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/PCIslots.jpg
> 
> This is a shot of the PCI slots on the motherboard of the Proliant
> Microserver; backplate would be to the left. Neither of the slots fits
> the card I have, which is a D-Link Gigabit card (DGE-528T Rev.B1).
> 
> On the picture the upper slot is about 6.5cm long, and the lower one
> about 9cm. The upper slot seems to be labelled SLOT 2-1 PCIe X1 and
> the lower one SLOT 1 PCIe2X16 25W.
> 
> I just want a Linux compatible GigaBit LAN card that will fit!!
> 
> What about:
> 
> http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=471561&CatId=0
> 
> (Says PCI Express, but I can't make the picture on the Misco catalogue
> match the holes on my motherboard!?!)
> 
> -- 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Colin
> 
> Rev Colin Brough
> Minister
> Fintry Parish Church of Scotland, Dundee
> Scottish Charity Number: SC020742
> 
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