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    SCSI Power Draw

    Thanks for the response. I have this overwhelming urge to kinda wander around this point, so before I do, I'll just say it: ;) What do you mean by resource conflicts, and how do I check them? Sorry if I'm asking a painfully basic question there; I've actually never really heard reference to...
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    SCSI Power Draw

    I just installed an Adaptec PCI-X SCSI controller into my machine to support a 10k rpm drive, and was able to get everything all nice and running --err, except for one part that is. It seems that the power draw of a SATA hd, an IDE hd, the SCSI card, the SCSI hd, a PCIe 7900GS, a DVD drive, a...
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    Socket 604 with PCIe

    Thanks for the response. :) Let me give you a slight bit of background before I explain what kind of machine I'm building, otherwise it may seem rather odd... ;) Through an interesting selection of events, I was given a Dell Poweredge 1850 1U server. I have no terrible use for a server...
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    Socket 604 with PCIe

    I have two Socket 604 Xeon chips, and I'd like to find a motherboard for it that has at least one PCI-Express 16x. Pretty consistently, I'm running across boards that say something to the effect of, "1 (x8) PCI-Express on (x16) Slot." What's that mean? I'm brand new to this world of...