From debian-user Wed Aug 14 17:12:33 2013 From: Dotan Cohen Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 17:12:33 +0000 To: debian-user Subject: Re: Migrating 32 -> 64 Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=debian-user&m=137650037422327 On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 5:44 AM, Stan Hoeppner 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 -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAKDXFkMDtN6xTf-4wFB5-tGjnnj4_4Mpb=_=LPqt=9DPMJFL-Q@mail.gmail.com