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About to upgrade to Dual 2.7, what slots to put my Kona SD and SCSI cards in?
I am using Atto UL4D and some other one that I can think of right now for my DLT drive. Also I have the AJA Kona SD . I remember reading somthing about needing to put the cards in certain slots, how should I configure this kind of setup? I assume I want the Media drives SCSI card in the fastest slot yes? Thanks…
Paul
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The capture card needs to go in the first slot…the one on top. Then your Ultra SCSI or fibrechannel or SATA cards go on the other ones.
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According to the Kona manual page 35, it recommends that the ATTO UL4D card goes on top.
https://aja.com/pdfs/AJA_Kona2_manual_11-12.pdf
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I’d put Kona in slot 2 or 3. The top slot which is 166mhz caused my Kona SD to output an unstable and noise ridden picture. I currently keep it in slot 3.
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Actually, you want the most performance to go to your media drives. Put your Atto card in slot 4, and the kona sd in slot 3. I’m afraid that since there’s only one bus sharing slots 2&3 your DLT card might have to go in another computer (keep it in the one it’s in now and do your DLT masters/backups from there). I’m not sure if the Kona SD card is PCI-X, if it’s not it’s going to slow the bus down to 66mHz and then you will have some competition between your DLT and the Kona.
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G5 Dual 2Ghz <> 4GB RAM <> FCP 5.02 <> Kona 2
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What if he went with one of the new PCI-e G5s and used that adapter (soon to come out) for the Kona card? Wouldn’t this eliminate the issues of shared buses?
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Are you speaking of some kind of PCI or PCI-X to PCIe adapter? I don’t know if those would work as I have no experience with them, but it sounds like a pain in the a** to trouble shoot. Also, it will probably be more expensive than a new Kona, PICe standard definition card, whenever that comes out.
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Yes, that’s the kind of adaptor I read about. I forget if it was here or Apple’s forum where it was discussed. Anyway, it may be a total pain to deal with. I’m way too green to even conjecture on that. It just seemed like an option and to check. Also, I just find it a little hard to justify buying a 2.7 with the new G5s available. But, if you have a perfectly good card then it may make perfect sense.
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