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Different Brands of PCI Expanders [message #75485]

Mon, 06 November 2006 12:50

Gary Flanigan
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Registered: June 2006

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As near as I can tell, there are/were Magma, SBS, and Avid branded systems.
They all look identical, so I assume that they were all made by Magma.
Is thre a functional difference between these things?

Thanks

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Re: Different Brands of PCI Expanders [message #75490 is a reply to message #75485]

Mon, 06 November 2006 14:49

excelav

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Registered: July 2005
Location: Metro Detroit

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"Gary Flanigan" <gary_flanigan@ce9.uscourts.gov> wrote:
>
>As near as I can tell, there are/were Magma, SBS, and Avid branded systems.
> They all look identical, so I assume that they were all made by Magma.

>Is thre a functional difference between these things?
>
>Thanks

The Avid are the same as the Magma. The SBS was not the same as the Magma,
they are a completely different company. Deej had some problems with his
SBS, maybe he can chime in.

James

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Re: Different Brands of PCI Expanders [message #75532 is a reply to message #75490]

Tue, 07 November 2006 07:39

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Registered: July 2005

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I had a 7 slot SBS. Any 7 slot chassis is going to have fewer PCI bus
options than a 13 slot chassis. It's all about keeping certain cards off
certain IRQ's. The more options you have, the better.

Deej

"James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Gary Flanigan" <gary_flanigan@ce9.uscourts.gov> wrote:
>>
>>As near as I can tell, there are/were Magma, SBS, and Avid branded
>>systems.
>> They all look identical, so I assume that they were all made by Magma.
>
>>Is thre a functional difference between these things?
>>
>>Thanks
>
> The Avid are the same as the Magma. The SBS was not the same as the
> Magma,
> they are a completely different company. Deej had some problems with his
> SBS, maybe he can chime in.
>
> James
>

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Re: Different Brands of PCI Expanders [message #75541 is a reply to message #75532]

Tue, 07 November 2006 11:05

Gary Flanigan
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Registered: June 2006

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"DJ" <no@way.jack> wrote:
>I had a 7 slot SBS. Any 7 slot chassis is going to have fewer PCI bus
>options than a 13 slot chassis. It's all about keeping certain cards off

>certain IRQ's. The more options you have, the better.
>

I am planning to use this pretty much only for a set of UAD-1 cards. I thought
that multiple UAD-1 cards took care of IRQ assignments themselves. But that
may be naive. :)

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