Re: [Avid-L2] Dell Precision 3660 Tower PCIe slot use - OT

Aaaaaahhhh... that takes me back.  Way back, to before the point my life diverged from a path ending with just a minor in philosophy to a major and career in media.

Best wishes to all for a happy and successful 2023!

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Re: [Avid-L2] Dell Precision 3660 Tower PCIe slot use

I bet you can find a lot of "unknownium" with Schrodinger's Cat.  I hear he uses it like Cat Nip or doesn't it's hard to tell.  ;-)

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Re: [Avid-L2] Dell Precision 3660 Tower PCIe slot use

Dave,

I know your frustration with getting information from Dell.  I've spent close to 4 hours trying to track down the Thunderbolt 4 PCIe card that the Precision 3660 Tower spec sheet says exists.  I purchased this 3660T from the Dell Business Outlet but while researching I found the TB4 card even appears as an add-in board if you do a custom 3660T build.  However selecting that option throws a "restricted item" warning with no further information.

This experience has resulted in the submission for consideration of a new element to the periodic table.  It will follow right after "unobtanium" and "vaporwarium".   I've taken the liberty to name this new element "unknownium".   Whereas unobtanium represents a known element that simply can't be found, unknownium represents a nearly mythical element that exists only in vague textual references, similar to vaporwarium but with a lot less marketing hype and a lot more elusive.  No part number or product code is associated with unknownium.  No OEM department (sales, customer service, tech support) can verify its physical existence or even confirm knowledge of it.

For the time being at least I have an assortment of USB 3.2 Type-C Gen 2 (10 Gbps) and Gen 2x2 (20 Gbps) ports and external RAID storage compatible with that.

Cheers!

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Re: [Avid-L2] Dell Precision 3660 Tower PCIe slot use

Karl –

 

What do you have to lose?

 

BTW, the last Dell I configured had the Thunderbolt turned off in the BIOS.  It was a pain to figure out – even Dell tech support didn't have a clue.

 

Thanx,

 

dave@spraker.tv
(971) 267-7661

 

From: Avid-L2@groups.io <Avid-L2@groups.io> On Behalf Of Karl Knowles
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2022 10:16 AM
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Subject: [Avid-L2] Dell Precision 3660 Tower PCIe slot use

 

Is anyone using a Dell Precision 3660 Tower along with an Avid DNX-IQ (or the BMD equivalent) with MC 2022.x?

I'm putting together such a system at the moment and am curious if anyone has installed the BMD PCIe cable kit in slot #1 of the 3660T instead of slot #3 as Avid recommends.  And, if so, whether you had any performance issues.

Slot #3, which is PCIe Gen 4, seems like overkill as the BMD PCIe I/O card is a PCIe Gen 3 device.  Slot #1 would appear to be better match as it is a PCIe Gen 3 slot. 

Putting the BMD in slot #1 would allow me to leave slot #3 open for the Dell Thunderbolt 4 PCIe card, when and if it becomes available, for external storage. 

Avid recommends slot #1 be used for Nexis shared storage with up to 40Gb support so I doubt there would be a data bandwidth issue with that slot/bus and the BMD card, but I'm certainly no expert.

I realize Avid would never have the time to test all possible configurations and I've got some spare time so I suppose I'll give it a try and see what results I get.

Feel free to chime in if you've gone down this path.

[Avid-L2] Dell Precision 3660 Tower PCIe slot use

Is anyone using a Dell Precision 3660 Tower along with an Avid DNX-IQ (or the BMD equivalent) with MC 2022.x?

I'm putting together such a system at the moment and am curious if anyone has installed the BMD PCIe cable kit in slot #1 of the 3660T instead of slot #3 as Avid recommends.  And, if so, whether you had any performance issues.

Slot #3, which is PCIe Gen 4, seems like overkill as the BMD PCIe I/O card is a PCIe Gen 3 device.  Slot #1 would appear to be better match as it is a PCIe Gen 3 slot. 

Putting the BMD in slot #1 would allow me to leave slot #3 open for the Dell Thunderbolt 4 PCIe card, when and if it becomes available, for external storage. 

Avid recommends slot #1 be used for Nexis shared storage with up to 40Gb support so I doubt there would be a data bandwidth issue with that slot/bus and the BMD card, but I'm certainly no expert.

I realize Avid would never have the time to test all possible configurations and I've got some spare time so I suppose I'll give it a try and see what results I get.

Feel free to chime in if you've gone down this path.

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