Rony Bill wrote:
Can I safely insert the Decklink Extreme card into the smaller x1 or x4 slots as the Decklink site says? and at the same time use the main PCI express slot in x16 mode for the graphics card? My only worry is about damaging the cards which cost about 60K each. After giving full assurances for tech. support, my supplier is getting cold feet on the tech. front especially for the Decklink card.
Hello JTD, I found this information from Decklink's site http://www.blackmagic-design.com/support/detail.asp?techID=47#DualCore_PCIe
"Certified PCIe Systems for Standard Definition only
Use any 1, 4, 8 or 16 lane slot in the following Pentium and AMD Dual Core systems for use with standard definition DeckLink PCIe cards. [snip] AMD ATHLON DUAL CORE Asus A8N-E nVidia nForce 4 Chipset [snip]
So can I simply use the Decklink card in any of the other x1 or x4 PCIe slots? Is there any risk of damage that I need to avoid during assembly?
Regards,
Rony.
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