[Asterisk-biz] Dell SC420 server deal - get 'em while you can

Kristian Kielhofner kris at krisk.org
Wed Dec 22 18:35:01 MST 2004


Scott Laird wrote:
> 
> On Dec 22, 2004, at 5:09 PM, Kristian Kielhofner wrote:
> 
>> Dorn Hetzel wrote:
>>
>>> I notice on their web page they say that it cannot be used as a desktop
>>> because they don't support a graphics card.  do you wind up having to
>>> use a serial console to install it or what?
>>> -Dorn
>>
>>
>> It has integrated video on the chipset.  They just don't want people 
>> to buy them as a cheap desktop and think that they can add an extra 
>> high-end graphics card.
> 
> 
> Err, what's the 8x PCI-E slot for, then?
> 
> 
> Scott

Scott,

	According to Dell, not a graphics card (hmmm... that leaves SCSI, RAID, 
Ethernet, etc.) (when they become available in PCI-E).  I guess that you 
could try a graphics card, but I wouldn't complain if it doesn't work 
for some reason...

--
Kristian Kielhofner



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