Tag: PIKE
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How to install an Asus PIKE 2008 card
As a non-standard PCI-Express card, the Asus PIKE card involves a slightly different installation procedure. The PIKE slot sits on either side of a gap in the motherboard: You’re definitely not going to mistake it for a regular PCI-Express slot. The card only goes in one way, with the heatsink…
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Asus PIKE 2008 card review
Many storage enthusiasts are familiar with the IBM M1015 card, an IBM rebadge of the LSI 9220-8i host bus adapter (HBA), based on LSI’s SAS2008 chipset. Less are familiar with Asus’ PIKE card – essentially the same thing in Asus’ own form factor, fitting only their proprietary PIKE slots. This card activates…
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Asus P9D-E/4L – Clearance between PIKE and PCI slots
One potential caveat of utilising the PIKE slot is that there is minimal clearance between the PIKE card heatsink and the nearest PCI slot; once the card is installed; Mere millimeters! A top view: This poses two problems. Firstly, not many PCI cards have low enough clearance to actually fit!…
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Asus Pike 2008 SAS card
We have finally got one of these cards in-house for testing; We’re particularly interested in how it compares to cards like the M1015 in IT mode as an inexpensive way of adding 8 SAS/SATA ports to a storage server. Expect a post soon reporting on what we find! You can buy the Asus…
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Asus Z9PE-D16 Review: Part Two
Here is the follow-up to our initial review of the Asus Z9PE-D16 motherboard!
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Asus Z9PE-D16 review: Part One
Up for review today we have one of Asus’ dual-socket-2011 server motherboards – the Z9PE-D16. Hit the break to find out what it’s all about and why you might care about it even if you don’t need to run two CPUs…