Recent content by cacasodo

Glad to be of service, BubbaJudge. Be assured you're all benefitting from my pain. :) take 'er easy, 'sodo

no problem.

Hi Baskar, I posted the shots of the card as installed in my box on my blog entry about the SC1430: http://www.techanswerguy.com/2...ng-up-dell-sc1430.html not the best, but they'll do. :) 'sodo

Hi Baskar, Looks like the pictures I took of the inside of the box with my cell phone cam got corrupted for some reason. Also, CPU-Z did not run properly in Wine. You win some, you lose some. I will try for the pics again tonight. 'sodo

Hi Baskar, Doing well. Thanks for asking. Hope you are doing well, too. The BFG 8800GT works nicely in the box. I dremelled SLOT3_PCIE, as shown in the mobo jpg here: http://dcse.dell.com/IFR/Power...images/sysbrd_full.jpg I did use the adapter before I dremeled the slot. At the...

Also, I just bought a BFG 8800GT: http://bfgtech.com/bfgr88512gtoc2e.aspx This also works in the box. Since November, I've thrown together a few videos on the Dell. One showing a scared Cacasodo dremeling off the end of his PCIe slot, no less! :) Another shows a chip modification to...

Guys, FYI - had success dremeling the end off of SLOT3_PCIE to make room for a 16x card: http://www.techanswerguy.com/2...ng-up-dell-sc1430.html Now, no need for 8x-16x adapter! Nice!

Dajeepster, Cool! I saw this card, but I am running on Linux and the ATI drivers for Linux are horrible. Thus, I opted for the NVidia-based BFG 8500GT. Good job! Waffle.. The 8x slots are closed: http://dcse.dell.com/IFR/Power...images/sysbrd_full.jpg 'sodo

Mick, Yes, my BFG 8500GT is still working fine in the box; albeit with the 8x-16x adapter in place and the little door that hold the PCI cards in place swung open. Perhaps I will dremel off the unused connectors and see if she works fitted nicely in the slot. Then I could close that door...

Hey guys, Here's that Tom's Hardware article re: PCI Express scaling: http://www.tomshardware.com/20...ress_scaling_analysis/ Rrahman, I made my life a bit easier and got a video card that does not require an external power connector. Mainly because I thought I might encounter space...

Just an update on this issue: So I've been on a quest to get a modern PCI Express card working in the SC1430. With this goal in mind, I had ordered a PCI Express 8x to 16x Adapter like this one off of eBay: http://www.orbitmicro.com/glob...ox16adapter-p-755.html As you know, the SC1430 has...

Lads, Be careful in regards to video on this box. rrahman1 and I had a bother of a time getting even a PCI card to work in the box: http://forums.anandtech.com/me...ey=y&keyword1=rrahman1 That said, the box is performing pretty well for me...

Hey rrahman, That's funny. Yesterday, I went with a friend who works at BestBuy and he got me the SoundBlaster Audigy SE PCI card for the box: http://www.soundblaster.com/pr...gory=205&product=14257 Lo and behold, it DID work in slots 4 through 6. :) Thanks electronicmaji; however, I...

Sweet dude! Enjoy! Now if I can only get my NVidia to work.. :)

Unfortunately, I tried every trick in the book (changing IRQs, disabling one thing at a time in the BIOS and then everything in the BIOS and then switching to a different PCI or PCI-X slot on each change), but my BFG NVidia 6200 OC 256MB PCI won't come to life. This thing seems to like ATI, not...