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

[James H. Thompson]

Unoffical Dell SC420 FAQ here:
    http://ibmlnx22.sbs.umass.edu/viewtopic.php?t=2058

Forum with discussion here:
    http://ibmlnx22.sbs.umass.edu/viewforum.php?f=4

There is an active thread dicussing whether its possible to use a graphics card in the  PCI-E slot.


Jim

James H. Thompson
jht at lj.net

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kristian Kielhofner 
  To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 3:35 PM
  Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] Dell SC420 server deal - get 'em while you can


  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...

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  Kristian Kielhofner
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