November 16, 201114 yr Hello! I'm using this old design by Raj: 15 Drive Budget Box Mobo: JetWay JMA3-880GTV2-LF CPU: AMD Sempron 140RAM: Kingston 2GB DDR3 1333PSU: CORSAIR Builder Series CX500 V2 500WCase: AZZA Helios 910SATA Expansion Cards: Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 8-Port SAS/SATA Add-on Card 2 Port SATA Serial ATA PCI RAID Controller Card - Silicon ImageCables: 0.5m 30AWG Internal Mini SAS 36pin (SFF-8087) Male w/ Latch to SATA 7pin Female (x4) Forward Breakout Cable x 2 Hot Swap Drive Bays: Norco SS-500 x 3 Now my question (note that I'm a newbie so I may get my lingo wrong here.) The Supermicro board (PCI-E x4) does not look like it fits appropriately into the motherboard's blue PCI 2.0 x 16 slot. It leaves a lot of unused space in the slot. Is it supposed to fit in there? I don't want to fry my board.
November 17, 201114 yr The Supermicro board (PCI-E x4) does not look like it fits appropriately into the motherboard's blue PCI 2.0 x 16 slot. It leaves a lot of unused space in the slot. Is it supposed to fit in there? That is correct - the PCIe spec allows for x1, x4, x8 and x16 bus widths. It is designed to allow 'narrow' bus cards to work in 'wider' bus slots - simply leaving the extra connections unused. Go ahead and install your card!
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