Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:57:52 +1000 From: Jan Mikkelsen <janm@transactionware.com> To: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> Cc: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller ? Message-ID: <7504B95C-F76E-4817-AA83-683907B247F8@transactionware.com> In-Reply-To: <20110727165520.GA15633@icarus.home.lan> References: <20110725093432.GI1202@home.opsec.eu> <CAOjFWZ6pbSeQ9hn4A-bf0Cy0fOTcyscCRyv61zxpSWFbMoHugw@mail.gmail.com> <20110726225557.GA97184@icarus.home.lan> <CAFHbX1JPJBzH6k2B==hKyS%2BpKOCCG_wFiGxePm3GfYo=vPj_GA@mail.gmail.com> <20110727101234.GA7659@icarus.home.lan> <A5E8942B-A83B-46F9-900E-E74808B009E8@transactionware.com> <20110727165520.GA15633@icarus.home.lan>
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Hi, On 28/07/2011, at 2:55 AM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >> [ =85 ] >> 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." >>=20 >> 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? >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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.
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