[Soekris] Soekris and PCI cards. Was Re: Soekris and Soundcar d

[Bernd Walter]

On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 03:37:40PM -0000, Stephen Patrick wrote:
> There are 2-slot risers, both active and passive
> Depends on the motherboard and cards, but can be done.
> [have built such systems myself using x86 non-soekris miniITX motherboards,
> works fine]
> 
> http://linitx.com/index.php?cPath=26_122 

Their active raiser _don't_ have a PCI-PCI bridge.
The soldered chip likely only handles some of the points to care about.
It still violates PCI specs as all other non bridged riser cards.
Moreover the headers are 5V keyed, but (sigh) has dual voltage notches.
A bridge would allow different voltages on both sides, but this one
has no such thing and is dangerous to use in a 3,3V slot.

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