Installing A Pci-Type I/O Board - HP Visualize J5000 - Workstation Owner's Manual

Changing Your Computer's Hardware Configuration

Installing a PCI-Type I/O Board

Installing a PCI-Type I/O Board
The J5000/J7000 are extensible by means of I/O cards that offer a variety
of functionalities, and the kind of I/O cards supported are called PCI
(Peripheral Component Interconnect) cards. PCI cards can be 3.3-volt or
5-volt cards (or both; these are called "universal" cards), and they can
also be 32-bit or 64-bit cards, and 33MHz or 66MHz.
The graphics boards supported by the J5000/J7000 computers are the
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HP V - Pro and the HP V - Pro. While these are
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universal cards and will work in any slot, they should be used in slots 4
or 7 to obtain optimal performance.
Your J5000/J7000 computer's PCI assembly has eight 64-bit slots in the
following arrangement (this information is also on the label on the floor
of the right side of the chassis):
Figure 2-11 The PCI Slot Label
As the illustration above indicates, graphics cards should be inserted
into the 66MHz slots in order to deliver maximum performance. Use Slot
7 first, and then Slot 4. Once Slots 7 and 4 are used, graphics cards can
be added to any slot that physically has room, except Slot 1. Slot 1 is a
power-only slot; that is, it doesn't offer data communication to the card
inserted there. In other words, a two-board sandwich—main card in Slot
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