special 2U riser for Thunder HEsl (S2567)?

[Chris Winters]

I've been reading until my eyes are fuzzier than peaches and haven't
found a straight answer. There seem to be a number of Tyan riser cards
for use in a 2U chassis - M2038, M2039, M2041, M2041, M2043, M2043X. And
they seem be geared toward one or a family of boards -- I've read the
M2038 is for the S2510 or S2518.

But nothing includes the S2567 in a list. Does this board not support a
riser? Does it use a generic PCI 2U riser that I'd get with any old 2U
case? Does it require a super secret riser that nobody will discuss in
public?

I wouldn't even care about this but the board -- a server board! --
somehow doesn't include onboard video...

Thanks for any guidance.

Chris

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Chris Winters (ch...@cwinters.com)
Building enterprise-capable snack solutions since 1988

[squared root]

That list didn't appear until after the S2567 had stopped selling in
general distribution, so that would explain why the list doesn't show
S2567.

Have you considered buying a riser from a manufacturer other than
Tyan? You could try a reseller like Baber, who stocks those kinds of
cards: http://baber.com/cases/1u_2u_risercards.htm

Just make sure that the riser you need fits the slot (e.g. if it's a
5V PCI slot, use the riser with a 5V key, and if the slot is 3.3V, you
need a riser with a 3.3V key).

The S2567 has both 3.3V and 5V, plus a 2X AGP Pro slot (AGP 2.0 spec
looks like, by the key). Hopefully this helps. Good luck with the 2U
project.

p.s. the S2567 is a workstation board, not a server board, because of
the AGP and single LAN port

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On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 04:13:35 -0500, Chris Winters <ch...@cwinters.com>
wrote:

[Chris Winters]

squared root wrote:
> That list didn't appear until after the S2567 had stopped selling in
> general distribution, so that would explain why the list doesn't show
> S2567.

Indeed it would.

> Have you considered buying a riser from a manufacturer other than
> Tyan? You could try a reseller like Baber, who stocks those kinds of
> cards: http://baber.com/cases/1u_2u_risercards.htm

That's great! I guess that was part of my question -- I've had problems
in the past (WAY past: Tomcat IV) with Tyan boards being very picky
about what cables were used. I hoped riser cards wouldn't be the same...

> Just make sure that the riser you need fits the slot (e.g. if it's a
> 5V PCI slot, use the riser with a 5V key, and if the slot is 3.3V, you
> need a riser with a 3.3V key).

Excellent!

> The S2567 has both 3.3V and 5V, plus a 2X AGP Pro slot (AGP 2.0 spec
> looks like, by the key). Hopefully this helps. Good luck with the 2U
> project.

Absolutely! This is exactly what I was looking for.

> p.s. the S2567 is a workstation board, not a server board, because of
> the AGP and single LAN port

Ah, ok. I thought I'd seen it mentioned as both, but like I said I was a
little fuzzy. And the *Server*works chipset threw me off ;-)

Thanks a ton.