eBay Motherboard the same as Xserve?

[Quark]

Did anyone happen to notice if the new Xserve motherboard was similar or the same as the one that was posted on eBay not too long ago?

 

[Backtothemac]

Re: eBay Motherboard the same as Xserve?

Originally posted by Quark
Did anyone happen to notice if the new Xserve motherboard was similar or the same as the one that was posted on eBay not too long ago?

No it is not. The one that was on e-bay had vertical PCI slots, and there were four of them. Also there was an independent AGP slot.

 

[Macmaniac]

eBay item

I guess it could be an earlier model of it?

 

[Backtothemac]

Re: eBay item

Originally posted by Macmaniac
I guess it could be an earlier model of it?

Nope, the one on e-bay is a tower board. Not a rack-mount. Look for it in July at MWNY.

 

[me hate windows]

Re: eBay Motherboard the same as Xserve?

Originally posted by Quark
Did anyone happen to notice if the new Xserve motherboard was similar or the same as the one that was posted on eBay not too long ago?

no, the ebay one only had 1 ethernet port, and it had vertical pci slots.

 

[Mr. Anderson]

And of course the mystery plug was absent on this board, so the prototype was exactly that, a one of a kind. Still, it was interesting and maybe some of the tech will be seen on the new Desktops.

 

[TiMacLover]

Servers dont usually have more than 2 PCI slots, or AGP slots.

 

[cb911]

it says it all on the Macrumors main page. they are not the same.

 

[robbyd]

where can i see a picture of the e-bay motherboard??

 

[arn]

Originally posted by robbyd
where can i see a picture of the e-bay motherboard??

http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=001608

this thread still has images of the unit

arn