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Date:      Wed, 24 Aug 2005 01:56:30 -0500
From:      Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com>
To:        Jeff Domeyer <domeyerj@opb.msu.edu>
Cc:        FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: pci-x soundcard
Message-ID:  <ef10de9a0508232356405a8ed9@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <ef10de9a050823195812e7366a@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <75227D28B8B2A247B92A86AAE63233814B8B61@sequoia.opb.msu.edu> <ef10de9a050823195812e7366a@mail.gmail.com>

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On 8/23/05, Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/23/05, Jeff Domeyer <domeyerj@opb.msu.edu> wrote:
> > For the fun of it I was going through google to see if anyone found a
> > pci-x soundcard. I came across this message you wrote:
> > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2005-August/095106=
.
> > html
> >
> > I'm just wondering if you confirmed that the soundcard available here:
> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=3DN82E16829102177
> > will actually work in a pci-x slot. When we called creative's tech
> > support they said all of their live cards were pci-x compatible. Well,
> > that's not hard to say, but the board manufacturers never make the
> > appropriate key so that it would fit in a pci-x slot. So it would
> > work... if it actually even fitted.
> >
>=20
> Yes it's keyed correctly for the PCI-X bus but It turns out that
> Creative changed the chipset to Audigy LS and it's not %100 compatible
> with EMU10k1/3, I have major doubts that FreeBSD supports this
> chipset:
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=3Den&q=3Dgroup%3A*.freebsd.*+%22Audigy=
+LS%22&qt_s=3DSearch
>=20
> Talk to hal because he did buy one. He posted a message saying that he
> was having trouble with it. I answered it telling him to put
> snd_driver_load=3D"YES" into loader.conf but he never replied back to
> say if it worked or not.
>=20
> I just compiled a list, based on the photos, of sound cards, on
> newegg.com, that are keyed for PCI-X and PCI 32-bit / 66Mhz buses, I
> make no guaranties!!:
>=20
> CREATIVE Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit 30SB041000000 $29 <-- Audigy LS Chips=
et!!!
> AUDIOTRAK Maya 5.1 MK II Sound Card $38
> CREATIVE Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value SB0400 $45
> CREATIVE Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value SB0400 $62
> CREATIVE Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS SB0350 $71
> M-AUDIO 9900-40906-00 $72
> AUDIOTRAK Prodigy 7.1LT $85
> M-AUDIO 9900-40765-00 $89
> M-AUDIO 9900-40901-00 $90
> CREATIVE Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS 70SB035000000 $93
> CREATIVE Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS GAMER Limited Edition 70SB035000013 $12=
1
> CREATIVE Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS GAMER Limited Edition 70SB035000017 $12=
1
> M-AUDIO 9900-40757-00 $139
> CREATIVE Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum 70SB035000003 $176
> M-AUDIO 9900-40768-00 High-Definition 4-in/4-out $179
> M-AUDIO 9900-40752-00 $199
> CREATIVE Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum Pro 70SB036000000 $212
> AUDIOTRAK Maya 1010 $225
> CREATIVE Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro $277
>=20

This should help. It should be complete but their are like 50 PCI
standards so not sure, if it looks weird use a fixed width font:

PCI:

32-bit / 33Mhz / 132MB / 5Volt (Standard PCI Slot):
######################################
#----------------------------#-------#
######################################

32-bit / 33Mhz / 132MB / 3.3V and
32-bit / 66Mhz / 264MB / 3.3V:
######################################
#------#-----------------------------#
######################################

PCI-X:

64-bit / 33Mhz / 264MB / 5V:
##########################################################
#----------------------------#-------#-------------------#
##########################################################

64-bit / 66Mhz / 528MB / 3.3V and
64-bit / 100Mhz / 800MB / 3.3V and
64-bit / 133Mhz / 1064MB / 3.3V and
64-bit / 266Mhz / 2128MB / 3.3V and
64-bit / 533Mhz / 4264MB / 3.3V:
##########################################################
#------#-----------------------------#-------------------#
##########################################################

Summary:=20
* Key is on the right side for 5V slots.
* Key is on the left side for 3.3V slots, 66Mhz or higher PCI slots
are always 3.3V.
* A PCI card that's double notched on both sides is compatible with 5V
and 3.3V slots.
* Look for double notched PCI cards for maximum compatibility.



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