Recent content by Rick in Galveston

If this usage is compliant then the target machine's implementation of the spec isn't. In this case it was a Dell Precision 3431 -- new as can be -- that wouldn't take a current Dell card without some scotch tape over those pins. Dell doesn't list its workstations as compatible with server...

Just to add to the mess -- bought a legitimate I350 from Dell at twice 2x the resale market for a real Dell -- 540-BBDV (now 4x the resale market). Yes, it was legit with the debossed "Delta" chips -- what a piece of PCIe non-conforming crap that turned out to be. Yes, this was a Dell card in...