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Slot Configuration
For the Bluefish4444 SD product rage the most import feature you must be aware of is the Clock speed and what slot you
install you Bluefish444 card into.
In PCI architecture where slots share the same buss, each slot will be as fast or clock down to the slowest device installed.
For PCI e this does not occur
For PCI 32 bit slot cards such as the SD| Greed and the SD| Single link Pro the Clock speed of the PCI bus varies with each
slot type;
Installed Slot Buss Speed
32 bit slot 33 MHz
64 bit slot 66 MHz
Slot installation
In most cases you will be using a SCSI or Fiber channel Host controller card supporting a PCI X 133 slot.
Care must be taken when installing the Bluefish4444 SD 32 bit PCI card with such devices.
It is a requirement that the Host controller card is not installed on a buss shared with the bluefish444 PCI 32 card or it will
affect performance of the PCI X 133 controller card.
Refer to your motherboard/system manual regarding the buss configuration and what slots are ishared
ZCR Slots
In some motherboards the Zero Channel RAID slot which is us
Below are some common Slot /Device installation examples.
Intel 975XBX
PCI Exp 16
PCIe 1
PCI 32 bit 33 MHz
PCI e HOST Controller card
PCI e GPU