27 Apr
2006
27 Apr
'06
6:32 p.m.
Lyle Bickley wrote:
On Thursday 27 April 2006 09:41, Don Y wrote:
--snip--
Heh heh heh... "Captains of Industry" -- and where are they *now*? :>
I tried stuffing a 29160 in it (it appears the
PCI is 3.3V only?)
but the box wouldn't get past the 29160's BIOS. So, I pulled it
and will see if I can find another HA -- or, tinker with the
29160 later on.
Yes, both boxes are 3.3V ONLY. I remember talking to SGI Engineers about that
when they were developing the boxes - and they had the idea that making it
3.3V only would 1) Limit the cards that folks could add w/o going through SGI
and 2) They wanted to follow the PCI "latest standard" and not support
"legacy" cards. I told them it was a mistake - that the more "open"
they made
them, the more they'd sell - and so did other consultants - but they ignored
us all.