Re: low profile PC

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Oivind wrote:
What is a low profile PC? Does a PCI expansion card that fits a low profile PC also fit motherboard of form factor ATX?



This article has some dimensions for PCI cards.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_Component_Interconnect

An ECN (engineering change notice) from pcisig, gives the
dimensions of a low profile card. The full specification,
gives the dimensions for the other versions of PCI cards.

http://www.pcisig.com/specifications/conventional/conventional_pci/lowp_ecn.pdf

To put a low profile card in a regular PC, a different
bracket would be needed. The bracket or faceplate, must
have holes for the I/O connectors, if present. That
is one issue, with moving a low profile card to a
regular PC. Not all low profile cards, come with two
brackets in the box.

As an example, this PCI video card, is a low profile card.
The PCB material sizing is low profile. The bracket shown
in the picture, is a tall one, a regular PCI bracket.

http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/14-139-143-05.JPG

But that video card also includes a low profile bracket, which
the user can fit to the card. You remove the tall bracket,
and install the low profile bracket, to use the card in a low profile
PC.

http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/14-139-143-04.JPG

Not all low profile PCI cards, will come with two brackets. In
fact, some cards which are low profile, but have the tall
bracket attached, are classified incorrectly as being low
profile. A low profile card is only low profile, if it
actually comes with a low profile bracket. You must shop
carefully, when buying such things.

Paul
.

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