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Heggico@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m confused. Why do those cards have a heatsink? I needed a card like that because my motherboard did not support bifurcation. So had to use a splitting card. The cards I know that require bifurcation do not even need a controller or heatsink. They are just wired pretty much directly to the pci-e bus.
xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 10 months ago
I actually looked up the chip numbers, and its a “splitter”.
I, don’t know WHY there is a splitter, as a splitter isn’t needed, and these cards are advertised to only work on motherboards supporting bifurcation. However, there is indeed, a splitter.
The documentation is also, REALLY horribly translated.
Here is the documentation for the chip itself: www.asmedia.com.tw/product/…/b7FyQBCxz2URbzg0
I, am not 100% certain how, where, or why it fits in there. Perhaps, its for link power management? Or something.
But, I can confirm, these cards DO require bifurcation to be enabled. Without bifurcation, you only see the first drive.
Heggico@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Wierd, but thanks for the info. The card i’ve used before pretty much only has 2 slots and a few random components on it l, like capacitors and such. So I assumed it was never needed. My motherboard didn’t support bifurcation, so I never got that to work though, so maybe it couldn’t work at all… only found that out after installing it.
xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 10 months ago
If your motherboard doesn’t support bifurcation, you can always use these cards: static.xtremeownage.com/…/r720xd-bifurcation/
I have had good experiences with them.
Heggico@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Oh yeah I fixed that issue already. Got a different card for it that uses a controllerchip. Its working great, without bifurcation requirement.