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24 Chapter 2 Installation Guide
you pull up gently on the card. To keep the cards in place, secure them
in the enclosure with their retaining screws (supplied with the PCI
Expansion System).
Take care when routing cables within the PCI expansion system in
order to avoid damaging the signal cables (especially unshielded flat
ribbon cables) or the power cables for internally installed devices. Be
sure to leave enough "slack" in the cables to allow you to easily remove
them if necessary to service the device(s).
NOTE
The sheer number of PCI cards and device drivers available makes i
t
impossible for MAGMA to fully test and certify all available PCI cards
for use in the PCI expansion system. Our best advice to you in this
regard is to insist on full PCI Specification compliance from your card
and system vendors. Cards and systems should be at least PC
I
Specification Revision 2.0 compliant or better. Compliance in you
r
system motherboard, PCI cards and console firmware (or BIOS) is
your best assurance that everything will install and operate smoothly.
Not all PCI cards are as "well-behaved" as they should be. Sometimes
simply moving a PCI card that is having a problem to a different slot, o
r
reordering your cards in their slots, will alleviate "behavior" problems.
Step Eight: Power Up Again
You must apply power to the PCI Expansion System first and then
power up your host computer.
Remember, when powering up, pay close attention to the eight LEDs on
the 64-bit Host Interface and the eight LEDs on the rear panel of the
expansion system.
All LEDs must be solid green before the system
will function properly. If any LED is not solid
green or flickering,
power off the system and check that the RJ45 connectors are
seating properly and tightly before powering up again.
WARNING
The expansion system will not work properly or may not be recognized
by the host computer unless all LEDs on the Host Interface and rea
r
panel are solid green.