[ILUG] Slightly OT - PowerEdge T105 and 16x PCI-Express graphics card

[Shane Ryan]

Interesting!

I just found an older PCI graphics card for the 440 I bought recently...

Proinnsias Breathnach wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 11:13:06AM +0000, Ivan Griffin wrote:
> 
>>Does the T105 have those DELL plastic dividers in the slot to prevent the 
>>use of standard 16x cards?
>>
>>Are wearout extenders available for 16x PCI-Express? i.e. something cheap 
>>that could be dremel'd without voiding the motherboard warranty?
>>
> 
> Can't comment on the T105 - however the older SC4x0s have the dividers,
> I did find an easier-than-hacking-the-motherboard solution though ...
> hack the graphics card (the connectors won't be used anyway, right !?)
> 
> I offered the card up to the slot, marked the positions of the blocking
> risers on the card, and filed out slots to match 'em on the card itself.
> It's a tight fit, but it works nicely !
> 
> P