[KLUG Members] PCI riser card causes machine not to power on

[Kevin Mitchell]

On Tue, 9 Nov 2004, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:

> Does just having the riser in place stop it from booting?  Or is it
> putting a card in the riser that stops it from booting?  Most 64bit
> cards use 3.3v signalling while most 32bit cards use 5v signalling,
> some risers support both or just one or the other;  perhaps you may even
> need to twiddle in your BIOS.  Did you get the riser from the machines
> OEM?

Yep, just having the riser in place stops it from powering up.

I'm going to contact the OEM and see if they can get me risers that work.