Re: Migrating 32 -> 64
On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 5:44 AM, Stan Hoeppner <stan@hardwarefreak.com> wrote:
> On 8/11/2013 4:08 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
> I recently went through the exercise of putting a GbE NIC into an old 32
> bit x86 machine w/PCI only. The first card I purchased, a $10 USD
> TP-Link w/RTL8169, couldn't power on. It is a 3.3v only card that the
> manufacturer claimed was universal. Universal cards are 5v and 3.3v.
> This is a guessing game with most cheap RTL and Marvel based cards. The
> motherboard in this case is PCI 5v only.
>
> I ate the $10 NIC putting it on a shelf because return shipping +
> restocking fee is almost $10. Second time around I emailed the e1000
> driver list. An Intel engineer responded and verified that the
> universal model of the Pro/1000 GT should work. Ordered one for $32 +
> shipping, plugged it in, and it works great. So I spent $42 + shipping
> times two to get a GbE NIC into this machine.
>
> Moral of the story? The OP may need to spend ~$30 USD for an Intel PCI
> NIC to guarantee it'll work on the first go. He probably gave not much
> more than this for entire used machines. Factor in that you can get a
> brand new mobo/cpu/RAM combo with GbE and GPU today for ~$100 USD, and
> spending any money for just the GbE NIC for the old machine seems not a
> prudent investment.
>
> In my case I upgraded and kept the machine in question running due to
> sentimental reasons. Otherwise I'd have swapped the entire guts for
> about 3x the money and had a much faster and more power efficient machine.
>
> --
> Stan
>
About a year ago it was hard to find _any_ new motherboard with a NIC
which was supported under Linux:
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/12/12/28/163211/ask-slashdot-linux-friendly-motherboard-manufacturers
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Dotan Cohen
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