From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Feb 2 04:36:25 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25BB9EE3C78 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2018 04:36:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frankfenderbender@council124.org) Received: from vps349.pairvps.com (vps349.pairvps.com [216.92.231.69]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CDCF9794D1 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2018 04:36:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frankfenderbender@council124.org) Received: from [192.168.0.100] (unknown [104.220.39.23]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by vps349.pairvps.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EC041A6399; Thu, 1 Feb 2018 23:36:23 -0500 (EST) Subject: followup: anyone use different PCI Express card & slot #s? Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: C Gray In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 20:36:22 -0800 Reply-To: C Gray Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <0D88BD2A-7DD3-4EB8-A33E-BEB18CE5122A@council124.org> References: <8F08E935-33A8-4B5F-9057-51FAD51DA97D@council124.org> <20180201121251.95e345cf.freebsd@edvax.de> <09DEB81A-3DC1-4147-9249-0497C89F429B@council124.org> <69060D2E-8ED1-4BDB-8801-2BA29F15C632@council124.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 04:36:25 -0000 This opens up lots of short-term solutions to my Dell PowerEdge T300, = which came w/o a sound card. Nonetheless, wasting slots is a bit foolish, so I am still searching for = an x4 sound card that is supported=20 by FreeBSD drivers. Along the way, I am finding many imaginative tips = such as these two.... Q: I have a PCI Express 4x slot on my Asus Crosshair = motherboard.=20 It is open ended, but there are capacitors directly behind = it blocking any 16x cards.=20 So, what are PCI Express 4x slots for? What would I put = there? A: The PCI Express 4X connector has 64 pins and is intended to = be used on servers,=20 but not limited to servers: - PCIe x1 card in a PCIe x16 slot will run at PCIe x1 = speeds - PCIe x16 card in a PCIe x16 slot will run at PCIe x16 = speed. - PCIe cards are all backwards compatible, as in a x1, = x2, x4, x8 cards will all work in a PCIe x16 slot - x1, x2, x4 will all work in a PCIe x8/x16 slot - x1, x2 will all work in a PCIe x4/x8/x16 slot - x1 will all work in a PCIe x2/x4/x8/x16 slot -- from "What are PCI Express 4x slots made for?" - by Dougx1317 = (June 9, 2009) = Q: What can you do with a PCI Express x4 slot? A: Except for the most powerful of video cards, you can do = pretty much everything with=20 an x4 slot, and without any adapters, as well. Plenty of boards with x4 slots have them open ended, so a = x16 card will fit just fine=20 (and work at x4). So HDTV tuners, RAID controllers, cards = for PhysX, video cards to=20 drive more monitors, sound cards, 10Gbit Ethernet (don't ask = me why, though...lol).... -- from "What can you do with a PCI Express x4 slot?" - by = Yukikaze (Sep 24, 2008) = Anyone found a affordable/non-cloned//FreeBSD-supported sound board = solution for a server=20 running the latest LTS TrueOS... utilizing PCIe x4/x4/x8/x16 (with no = x1) slots? thanks, chris gray frankfenderbender@council124.org