USB PCI card & HP ML370 G2 2

[diehilde]

Can I put a $10 USB-expansion PCI card (from dlink) into those extra-long PCI slots in our ML370 G2?

i've never seen slots like these before: they are twice as long as those in normal PCs.

i'm scared ;-)

thanks!

 

[phillid2]

I am not sure if the SmartStart CD will recogize it but a Windows OS should be able to see it and load a driver.

Don Phillips

http://worthingtonengineering.com

 

[diehilde]

thanks for your reply!

my concern is if the "consumer" card could cause hardware problems.

i was wondering if i can only use special HP hardware in those strange slots.

 

[phillid2]

I think my ML530 has a regular card in it. Cannot image any hardware problems excepting conflicting memory or interrupts.

Don Phillips

http://worthingtonengineering.com

 

[diehilde]

alright, thanks! maybe i'm just too careful ;-)
i'm going to put the card in. this should speed up the process of creating disc images on an external HDD.

thanks!!

 

[TheLad]

If you are going to put the card into the server, I would put it into slots 3,4,5 or 6. Slots 1 & 2 on the ML370 G2 are the PCI Hot Plug slots and can run at 66Mhz whereas the other slots run at 33Mhz. The slots are numbered from bottom to top (slot 6 is the top slot)

See Page 10/8 in the link below for clarification:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...pportManual/TPM_203510-001/TPM_203510-001.pdf

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[diehilde]

Thanks for the info and the link, TheLad!

It really helps a lot! It's exactly what I was looking for...