[Pc_Support] Why me? Another dead PCI-Express card

[Bryan J. Smith]

Damien McKenna <dmckenna at thelimucompany.com> wrote:
> OK, here's the question: given that power shouldn't be a
> problem anymore thanks to the 500W Antec beasty,

Again, how are you connecting any additional power outside of
the slot?

> could it be possible that the motherboard is killing the
cards?
> It just seems to strange for it to be working fine last
night
> and this morning give up the ghost.

Other than mis-alignment of the 25mils (IIRC?) connections, I
don't know.

PCIe defines a maximum amount of power it can deliver -- at
least on PCIe x16 slots that are designed for video.  But
PCIe may not be as good as AGP / AGP Pro was in this regard.

In fact, the recent PCI WG v. existing SSI specs (which
covered AGP Pro) makes me wonder if this yet another AGP 1.0
type mechnical/power debacle -- someone the new, at the time,
SSI group quickly and independently addressed with AGP Pro
slot for workstations.


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