• AJA Video Systems

  Kona 3 in slot 4?

  Posted by Per Rönnecke on March 15, 2007 at 11:14 pm

  Hi!

  I have bought a MacPro with a Kona 3 card installed in slot 4. The installation notes delivered with the card says it should be in slot 3 for optimal performance.

  As far as I can see, I have no problem with the card. What could happened? Should I move it to slot 3?

  Thanks!

  /Per

  Per Rönnecke replied 19 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Walter Biscardi

  March 16, 2007 at 1:16 am

  If AJA says Slot 3 is optimal, you should install it into Slot 3. Those folks spend a LOT of time testing all this stuff for us and I always follow their instructions to a T. Including the Expansion Slot utility.

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  Bob Zelin

  March 16, 2007 at 1:51 am

  the slots in the Mac Pro are dynamic, and the number of lanes can be changed with the apple Expansion Slot Utility. Slot 3 is the “safe” slot, as you can’t screw it up (by making it a 1 lane slot). Everything depends on where you put your storage host card (SATA, Fibre, or SCSI).

  Bob Zelin
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  Per Rönnecke

  March 16, 2007 at 7:09 am

  I’m just running Firewire 800 drives right now. Mayby I should move the card anyway.

  Thanks!

  Per

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