Homenet
Mon Mar 17 16:16:36 PDT 2008
On 17 Mar, 18:25, Paul <nos...@needed.com> wrote:
> 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/lo...
>
> 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
On a side note, its an absolute pain trying to find pci/agp cards
(graphics mainly!) that fit low profile machines!
