[NTLUG:Discuss] Building a 2U computer

[Jack Snodgrass]

On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 03:43, Vaidya, Harshal (Cognizant) wrote:
> What is a 2U computer?

A 2U rackmount. 
A U is 1.75" in height. 

1U = 1.75" tall
2U = 3.5"  tall
3U = 5.25" tall
4U = 7.0"  tall 
etc. 

Since most cards are taller than 3.5", on a 1U or 2U
computer, you have to mount any cards ( SCSI, video, etc ) 
sideways. 

jack


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Snodgrass [mailto:jack+ntlug at mylinuxguy.net]
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 8:49 AM
> To: ntlug
> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Building a 2U computer
> 
> 
> 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. 
> 
> Thanks. 
> 
> jack
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