[SLUG] Chopping Video card to fit server

From: Ken Elliott (kelliott11@cfl.rr.com)
Date: Sat Apr 07 2007 - 10:04:40 EDT


I needed to put a new video card in a HP ML350 G4 server. But the server
only has a PCIe x8 slot and all the cards are PCIe x16. I found I could cut
part of the connector off the card. Here's pictures.

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1004&thread=22765607

Yes it worked. Runs SuSe 64-bit and XP 64 well.

Ken Elliott

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