what is this? just a new pc guy trying to get up to date. thanks for any replies upfront
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this is a SAS expander. it's like an Ethernet switch, except for hard drives, if you have a compatible Sas controller card then this allows you to connect an additional 20 drives to it.
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its an explander card it plugs into the raid controller to add a bunch more ports to the controller to add a lot more drives then the controller can handle natively
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This card acts as a port multiplier for peripheral raid controllers. There is a list of compatible controllers if you check out Intel's website; one typical example is the LSI SAS9260-4I. That controller is limited to 4 hard disks (refer to SAS to SATA fan-out cables) because it only has one plug. The logic of the processor is capable of more, and this card compliments that function. It takes that one plug (SAS to SAS) and expands it up to 20 hard disks via the remaining 5 SAS ports. If you're not familiar with RAID, it basically gives you the ability to create arrays of drives to sync for capacity, redundancy and I/O performance. Short story - you can control a lot more drives on the same computer using this card; typically installed on large servers and by people with terabytes of data to store.
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SAS RAID controllers allow using SAS expanders to increase the amount of ports that can be hooked up to the controller. For example, SAS controllers have two 4 port channels. Hook one up to this SAS expander and now you have 5 additional 4 port channels to hook up hard drives. They also can be daisy chained. Many controllers allow up to 128 drives per controller (and they can be SAS or SATA disks). Think of it as an network switch but for SAS controllers.
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I am sorry . I have had this computer running only for a few days, therefore I my answer would not be as informative as you would like.Good Luck
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I just received an "In-Stock ready to ship" notice from Next Day PC and is cheaper than Price Pros if anyone is interested. Personally, I'm sticking with my pre-order.
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Hi! It means there is a more recent edition available, but this one is still fully functional. This one is the 7.0 upgrade which was first available in 2002. The platforms it called for when originally produced were Windows NT / 98 / 2000 / Me / XP / 95. I believe it's the last one they made before it became the CD versions. I don't know a lot more about it than that unfortunately. The copy I am offering is brand new - still shrinkwrapped. I hope this answers your questions.
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I have no idea. This computer has been giving me fits, I really just hate it. Sorry.
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I'm also looking for this upgrade but I have a feeling we've been given bad information. I don't see anywhere on the VMware website about a free upgrade for recently purchased product. Only a paid upgrade. Chris L, where is it that you are entering your serial number online?
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Mine did not either, but if you're fairly knowledgeable about computers it's pretty self explanatory! Also, I feel that I should put this caution out there for you & others who may be interested in this PC even though I've been pretty happy with it up to this point: a couple times I've noticed a message in the lower right-hand corner that states this is NOT an authentic copy of Windows 7 running on the computer?!? Not sure why this message would pop-up occasionally as it does if it's not the case, but since I get free software from school I'm going to try and re-install Windows 7 from them so for me it's not a big deal, though others may want to be careful and ask about this the seller... Mine did not either, but if you're fairly knowledgeable about computers it's pretty self explanatory! Also, I feel that I should put this caution out there for you & others who may be interested in this PC even though I've been pretty happy with it up to this point: a couple times I've noticed a message in the lower right-hand corner that states this is NOT an authentic copy of Windows 7 running on the computer?!? Not sure why this message would pop-up occasionally as it does if it's not the case, but since I get free software from school I'm going to try and re-install Windows 7 from them... » Read More Mine did not either, but if you're fairly knowledgeable about computers it's pretty self explanatory! Also, I feel that I should put this caution out there for you & others who may be interested in this PC even though I've been pretty happy with it up to this point: a couple times I've noticed a message in the lower right-hand corner that states this is NOT an authentic copy of Windows 7 running on the computer?!? Not sure why this message would pop-up occasionally as it does if it's not the case, but since I get free software from school I'm going to try and re-install Windows 7 from them so for me it's not a big deal, though others may want to be careful and ask about this the seller... « Show Less
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This is gaming PC. It's amazingly robust, and can get 60-90 FPS on most new games. I've had no complaints about it at all. Any pc can run microsoft office. Although I would suggest OpenOffice instead.
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Thanks guys... downloaded Ubuntu from the master site and within a hour almost all my WIN apps that I needed are running.Very fast indeed. Now if only I can get some programming tools to write some small apps, I'll be all set. Have Windows all my computer life and want to see what else is out there.
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Yup it's new. Look at your hardware specs? What does your motherboard want for memory?
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Sorry, this Dell PC is just too old. Not compatable with newer CPU,s Its time to retire this machine. Dont waste your time and money on trying to upgrade this PC
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Great news! I threw my PC (Windows) based computers in the garbage years ago. Thanks for timely response.
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It's a motherboard for a small, low power computer. More on the lines of a desktop with laptop power requirements.
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Yeah it's from the website but it is not the most recent model available there.it is built specifically to play pc games. I use steam and origin to download a lot of games, you can get decent quality graphics without lag.
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5 posts, quality looks good, but looks like you will have to get their bit drive, interesting on the installation, a little more complicated then anticipated. web site may have manual. i would look at that before investing
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I will have to ask my husband. It is his computer. But he loves it. It does every thing he needs and wants it to do. I will get back with you and let you know what he says about it.
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Infidel! kneel infront of your motherboard master! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccbC_jMWt68