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Re: unconfigured generic ATI VGA card?



On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:39:48 +0100, "Petar Bogdanovic"
<list+2007%smokva.net@localhost> said:
> > Another issue may be that the host isn't giving the card enough power to
> > run, as I'm told the net5501 has 3.3v 32 bit PCI only - the card itself
> > is keyed for 5.0v or 3.3v so from that point of view it should work
> 
> My D-Link wireless PCI card was also keyed for 5.0 and 3.3v but never
> worked when plugged into the 3.3v PCI-slot of a net4501. The card caused
> no troubles on any other standard PC-mainboard.

... was the wireless card detectable at all?  I'm intrigued that this
video card would should show up in the lspci output and kernel boot
messages if it were unpowered ...

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