Older Expansion Chassis Compatibility question.

[sleadley]

I have an older 7 slot Digidesign Branded SBS Chassis and want to know if it can be used with an HD core and Process card and a G5. It is obviously an PCI chassis with a Model # MH477 and a Part # 85466201. I am not sure if this is 32 or 64 bit. But before I connect it I want to know if it is compatible with this setup. I intend to run 7.4 and 10.4.9 OS.
The info I have managed to dredge up makes this far from clear to me. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Simon L.

[Avid]

That would be a 32-bit chassis:
http://www.digidesign.com/index.cfm?...4&itemid=23351

The Digidesign & SBS (Bit3) 7 Slot 32-Bit Expansion Chassis are officially qualified for use with Pro Tools|HD and Pro Tools|HD Accel PCI card systems with Pro Tools HD 7.0, 7.1, and 7.2 for Mac OS X.

Not tested or qualified with Pro Tools 7.3 and higher, so I can't tell you whether it would work with 7.4. Not something that we have tested.

[sleadley]

Thank you for the reply. As long as I know it will function without damaging the cards I will give it a try and see what happens. This will allow us to use an HD3 with a SCSI card otherwise we cannot use our SCSI drives on this system in the mix room.
best regards
Simon L.

[forjam]

What is the performance difference between a 32 7 slot chassis and a 64 bit chassis running HD3 Accel on a dual 2.7 G5 PT 7.4?

[thomasHake]

Hi All

Do you know this box ?

http://virtuavia.eu/shop/pci-express...nsion-box.html

I got a home studio at my home and I bought a Protools HD Core card was so cheap . I got a PPC G5 at home but not PCI ! its pCIe (the slots)
I have searched the pci-express-to-pci-expansion-box I fond Magma but I would like to buy cheaper. Anyway what do you think about to this box and I don't know it's compatible with protools HD core PCI cards?

Thanks

[thomasHake]

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[thomasHake]

Can someone can help me?