[NTLUG:Discuss] Building a 2U computer

[Chris Cox]

Jack Snodgrass wrote:
> I've run into a snag with my new 2u computer I'm 
> building. 
> 
> With a 2U computer, you need a 90deg riser card 
> since the cards have to mount sideways. 
> 
> The place that the riser card needs to connect
> to is where the AGP slot on the motherboard is. 
> It looks like this 2U case is configured so that
> it expects a PCI slot to be where the AGP slot is. 
> 
> I thought that I had a newer, decent 2U case. 
> Are there different types of 2U cases... some 
> are built to allow for an AGP slot and some 
> are not or do all 2U cases assume that you 
> have an old motherboard without an AGP slot 
> or do I have a screwed up motherboard and 
> another AGP motherboard would work? 
> 
> If anyone has any real world experience with
> this ( 2u case and AGP slot ) let me know. 

It is certainly very true that 99% of all
server class (2U) cases assume onboard video
or PCI.  The most popular chipsets (e.g. ServerWorks)
in general do not handle AGP, or at least don't
handle it well.

It looks like rackmountpro.com has risers with
AGP slots on them, but I have NO idea about
placement relative to usefulness inside the
case.  Maybe it is arranged correctly since
AGP tends to placed similarly across
MBs.

http://www.rackmountpro.com

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> Thanks. 
> 
> jack
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