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To: Andrew Walton who wrote (5809)	3/3/1999 7:24:00 PM
From: Kirk Vanden	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14451

Andrew, I had read earlier in the forum that someone was saying a reseller had said there was a design flaw in the PCI bus that was delaying shipments. The information I posted was the result of me asking a SGI engineer if there was any fact to this. Other than the person who posted the first time about a possible PCI bus design flaw I had not heard this. I was just trying to see if I could confirm or deny it. The 540 has two PCI buses and they are both 64 bit. Like you correctly pointed out they take a voltage that is not widely supported yet, but OEMs will have cards on the way very soon I suspect. Maybe the person who made the initial post about hearing about a PCI design flaw can elaborate on where they got the info from. All the SGI people I spoke with said it was not true. In an earlier post than the one you quoted I posted some info regarding what SGI told me in person, which is in line with the info you provided, i.e. no flaw but spotty card support for awhile. I have yet to hear anyone claim the flaw exists other than the original poster. Best regards Kirk