Which AGP and PCI devices are too long?

[MidiGuy]

In the Feb. 12 AnandTech review of the Asus A7V133, the following statement was made: "...the placement of the IDE connectors provided by the Promise controller might block the use of some longer AGP and PCI devices."

Are devices that might not fit on this board very common?

-MidiGuy

 

[jamesbond007]

The Voodoo5 5500 will block the use of the ATA100/RAID 0 controllers on both the Asus A7V and A7V133 boards. I've heard of a few people shaving the bottom of the Voodoo's PCB to make room for the IDE cable, and they said they've had success. I've never seen this in real life, nor would I be brave enough to do so, but it's worth a try if you MUST have that Voodoo

 

[MidiGuy]

I'm thinking about a GeForce 2 GTS card actually. What is the maximum card length that won't get in the way?

Also, am I understanding correctly that if the card is too long, it doesn't mean it's impossible to use it, just that you can't use it at the same time at the Promise controllers?

 

[MidiGuy]

Anyone got an answer to that last question I asked?

 

[Dulanic]

Voodoo 5 5500 is about the only thing that a normal user would have that would cause a problem. Any GeForce card will fit prefectly fine, it has to be a long long card not to fit right.

 

[tpetre4322]

voodoo v5500 works fine on the a7v, and a7v133, u just need the ata66/100 cables, that dont have the bridge accross them on the mobo end, most dont if they do u can just cut the bridges off. or get better cables.

 

[MidiGuy]

Thanks guys!