RE: low profile PCI spec

[Lame Brooks-G14738 <Brooks_Lame-G14738@email.mot.com>]

Someone else on the list jogged my memory earlier - I think 'low profile
PCI' is an ECR to the std PCI 2.2 spec.  Same connector, lower card height &
different bracket, driven by Intel to fit set-top type consumer form
factors.  -- BrooksL

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph_W_Schulingkamp [mailto:jschulingkamp@agere.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 30 October, 2001 16:39
> To: Daniel DeConinck
> Cc: pci-sig@znyx.com
> Subject: Re: low profile PCI spec
> 
> 
> 
> Daniel,
> 
> It looks like neither to me.   Mini-Pci is a notebook form factor
> and the max length of a Small Pci card is about 3.3 inches.
> 
> Dell's spec says "low profile" and gives 2.5"x6.6" as the dimensions;
> I think that's within the mechanical spec of PCI.
> 
> Looks like it's just regular old PCI and "low profile" is 
> Dell's terminology.
> 
> Don't know about the bracket, sorry.
> 
>         Joe Schulingkamp
> 
> 
> Daniel DeConinck wrote:
> 
> > Hello, The PCISIG web page details a 'mini PCI' spec and a 
> 'small PCI 1.5s'
> > spec. Dell sells a system which uses low profile PCI
> > 
http://www.dell.com/us/en/bsd/products/model_optix_3_optix_gx150.htm Well,
> the word 'low profile' does not tell me which of the two small PCI specs
> this is. Dell sales people do not know. The tech support is only for
> customers.
>   Also where can I buy a bracket for this low profile spec ? Dan