Connect up to 13 PCI cards up to one new or old computer or server with this innovative expansion chassis from Magma. As long as the computer you are hooking up to has one single available PCI slot, this expansion system can add up to 13.
Whether you are trying to just add more PCI cards than your current system can handle, or trying to find a way to add PCI cards to a small profile computer, or if the problem is high power consumption and over heating, Magma's external PCI expansion package will solve all of your problems, and even others you probably didn't think of.
What You Get
Magma's 13-slot PCI to PCI expansion kit comes in a 4U fully rackmountable chassis, that allows you to install 4 full sized power demanding PCI cards. The P13R also allows and can power up to four 3.5" hard drives to be connected and used simultaneously. This package (P13R-SUBCBL1.5HF) also includes an upgrade to the simple version of P13R: a longer link cable between the chassis and your host computer. The basic P13R comes with a 1 meter cable and this package comes with a 1.5 meter cable. This package of course also comes with the PCI card that installs in the host computer.
What It Does
Even with today's incredible super-computers, there is one thing that will always lack: advanced I/O connectivity. This is unfortunate with the increase in professionals needing more out of their I/O ports (like PCI). They don't only need more slots, but they need large amounts of and reliable consistant power to those ports. They also need a perfect and cool environment for those cards, and the ability to hook a lot of power-hungry devices to them. Especially with its on-board power supply, Magma both increases I/O capability and seemlessly provides a much more robust PCI system than even a complicated system of new computers or servers could not match.
All 13 slot PCI solutions from Magma (including this one) features the LOADRES5V option. Without this option, you may experience performance problems if your PCI card(s) do not draw any 5 volt current from the power supply. In order to create a clean 3.3 and 5 voltage, most ATX power supplies need some current to be used on the 5V line. This means that if a card only uses 3.3V and no 5V then the current supplied will not be steady and therefore not providing much power. This small amount of power may only be enough to get the card through configuration cycles which tricks your Operating System into thinking that the card is fully functional. When the applications are started and the main chips on the PCI card start processing data, there is not enough power to support them and the application or OS crashes or disappears. Adding a load resistor to the 5V line causes more current to flow in the circuitry which controls the power and therefore enables it to operate correctly - i.e. supplying clean and constant current to the 3.3V and 5V lines.
True Flexibility
Magma's expansion system ingeniusly allows you to use the same expensive PCI cards with desktops, servers, and even laptops. All you need to do is switch out the PCI card host connection with either a PCIe (PCI Express), PCI-X card, PCMCIA, or Expresscard. This allows for one chassis to be used with all sorts of computers and for various applications. The plug and play feature also allows you to switch quickly and smoothly.
As if that wasn't enough, Magma's expansion chassis allows you to use a consistant hardware configuration no matter which computer you use. This allows you to "hit the ground running" when time is an issue (isn't it always an issue?).
