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Miguel A. Gonzalez wrote:
> "Hamman" <none@example.com> wrote in message news:<V-SdnQqgU4uKI3jdRVn-uw@eclipse.net.uk>...
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>>"Miguel A. Gonzalez" <miguelg@optonline.net> wrote in message
>>news:b8348c8b.0407020727.528c0e46@posting.google.com...
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>>>I just bought an 3Ware 9000S SATA raid board that is a PCI 64 board,
>>>I know that it can work on a regular old PCI slot, but I would rather
>>>have it on a PCI 64 slot. Are there an motherboards for P4 that have
>>>PCI 64?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>Miguel
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>>No, the system needs to be 64bit to have a 64bit PCI slot (funilly enough)
>>You could gett a dual socket P4 board which would have one, or an Xeon in
>>Itanium board.
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>>Why are you so desperate for PCI-64? SATA wont max out normal PCI
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>>hamman
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> Thats what I thought.. I figured you needed a 64bit processor.
No, you don't need a 64 bit processor to have 64 bit PCI-X.
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> I am not desperate, I just thought it would be "cool"
more than anything.
They're mostly server boards and rather expensive but, for an example,
here's a supermicro motherboard that meets your P4 and 64 bit PCI requirement.
http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/P4/875/P4SCT.cfm
3 - 64 bit 66MHz PCI-X slots and 2 - 32 bit 33MHz PCI slots.
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> Thanks
> Miguel