Product Specification

Reverse 90 Degree PCI-E 3.0 1X Slot To PCIe X1 Adapter Riser Card For 1U Server Case.

Product specifications:

1.Installation Direction towards CPU.

2.Operation Temperature: 0℃~+85℃.

3.Dimension(Maximum): L*W*H=43*22*13(mm).

4. Weight: 18g.

Product Overview:

This PCI-E 90 degree adapter card, specifically designed for harsh environments with 1U server chassis, is an excellent tool for flexible device expansion in small spaces. Its unique 90 degree design complements the side opening PCI-EX1 slot, which not only cleverly avoids the crowded layout restrictions inside the 1U chassis, but also breakthrough in supporting PCI-E1X -4X -8X -16X specification device access. Although the transmission speed is unified at 1x and follows the PCI-E3.0 standard, it is sufficient to meet many basic but critical server function expansion needs, providing innovative solutions for efficient utilization and device optimization integration of 1U chassis.

Product Features

Extremely exquisite 1U adapter design:

By gaining a deep understanding of the cramped and complex structural characteristics inside the 1U server chassis, this adapter card adopts a compact to the extreme layout planning. The overall dimensions have been precisely calculated to ensure that after insertion into the chassis, there is an appropriate gap with surrounding cables, heat sinks, other boards, and other components. This not only does not cause any interference, but also fully utilizes every precious space inside the chassis, achieving a tight and orderly arrangement of hardware, effectively improving the utilization of chassis space, opening up smooth channels for heat dissipation airflow inside the chassis, and ensuring stable server operation.

Flexible and versatile device compatibility features:

Exhibiting exceptional compatibility and seamless integration with a wide range of devices including PCI-E1X -4X -8X -16X. Whether it is the expansion of basic network cards in small office networks, low-power data acquisition cards that need to be connected in specific industrial control scenarios, or entry-level graphics cards added to meet simple graphics processing needs, all can be perfectly integrated with 1U server enclosures with this adapter card, greatly expanding the functional boundaries of servers and easily meeting diverse application needs.

Convenient slot design with side opening:

The side opening PCI-EX1 slot of the PCI-E adapter card provides unprecedented convenience for device connection. In the narrow operating space of a 1U chassis, the side opening allows users to easily insert the device's golden fingers into the slot without the need to adjust the angle. This design effectively avoids potential issues such as device collisions and pin damage caused by limited frontal insertion and removal. At the same time, with the precision designed guiding structure inside the slot, it ensures accurate alignment and stable connection during device insertion, saving a lot of time and energy for frequent device insertion and removal operations.

Stable and reliable transmission guarantee mechanism:

Although the transmission speed is limited to 1x, it strictly follows the PCI-E3.0 transmission standard to provide a stable and high-quality data transmission channel for connected devices. When dealing with relatively low-frequency but highly stable information streams such as daily monitoring data of server systems and routine read/write instructions of small databases, it can ensure accurate and error free data transmission, effectively reduce server lag, errors and other failures caused by unstable transmission, and ensure the continuous and smooth operation of servers.

Product Structure and Interface Introduction

PCI-EX1 slot:

The PCI-EX1 slot, carefully crafted according to the PCI-E standard, has a neat and uniform arrangement of internal pins, and high-quality alloy materials are used to create contact points with excellent conductivity and signal transmission capabilities. The edge of the side opening has been finely polished, smooth and rounded, which not only prevents scratching the golden fingers of the equipment, but also ensures that the opening size tolerance is extremely small, tightly adapting to the interface size of various devices. The slot is also equipped with cleverly designed elastic buckle devices. When the device is inserted into place, the buckle automatically locks, providing moderate clamping force to ensure that the device will not accidentally loosen during chassis vibration, daily use, and other processes, maintaining a stable electrical connection.

Main structure of adapter card:

Made from multi-layer PCB boards with excellent electrical performance and high-strength mechanical properties. In the complex electromagnetic environment of a 1U chassis, the board can effectively shield external interference and ensure the purity of internal signal transmission. The 90 degree bending part uses special multi-layer pressing technology, combined with internal precision signal wiring optimization, to ensure stable circuit connection and minimal signal attenuation during the turning process, fundamentally ensuring the performance reliability of the adapter card. The installation position of the adapter card is designed with precision, and it has a high degree of fit with the PCI-E slot of the 1U chassis. After insertion, it fits tightly and is firmly installed, laying a solid foundation for subsequent device connection and use.

Performance advantages

Maximizing space utilization: With the exquisite PCI-E1X adapter card design specially customized for 1U chassis, compared to traditional adapter cards, an additional 30% of effective space can be released, making the originally crowded layout inside the chassis orderly. This not only facilitates heat management and reduces the risk of equipment failure caused by overheating, but also reserves more operating space for possible hardware upgrades in the future, extending the server's lifecycle and reducing the hardware update cost for enterprises.

Diversified functional expansion: The extensive device compatibility breaks the limitation of 1U chassis that can only connect single specification devices, allowing servers to quickly and flexibly integrate different types of hardware resources according to actual business needs. Whether it is improving network connectivity, enhancing data collection capabilities, or expanding simple graphics processing performance, it can be easily achieved to meet the diverse server application needs of small businesses, branch offices, and specific industrial scenarios, and enhance the overall cost-effectiveness of servers.

Strong transmission stability guarantee: With a stable 1x transmission speed of PCI-E3.0, although the bandwidth is relatively limited, it can handle numerous routine server tasks with ease. Compared to some similar products with unstable transmission, the server failure rate caused by data transmission errors can be reduced by 30% during long-term operation, ensuring that the server always maintains a stable operating state, reducing the workload of operation and maintenance personnel in troubleshooting and repairing faults, and improving the production efficiency of enterprises.

Usage method

Installation of adapter card:

Open the 1U server chassis and carefully select the appropriate PCI-E slot inside the chassis, taking into account the layout of existing components in the surrounding area to ensure that there is sufficient space around the installation location, which will not hinder subsequent device connections and wiring. Hand hold the PCI-E 90 degree adapter card that converts PCIE-1X to PCIE-1X in reverse, align its golden finger with the corresponding PCI-E slot on the chassis, and insert it vertically with extremely smooth and slow motion until the adapter card is completely attached to the chassis slot. When you hear a crisp "click" sound, it indicates that it is installed in place. At this point, it is necessary to confirm that the adapter card is firmly fixed and there are no signs of looseness, laying a solid foundation for subsequent device connections.

Device connection:

According to actual business needs, select suitable PCI-E devices (such as network cards, data acquisition cards, entry-level graphics cards, etc.), align the device's golden finger with the PCI-EX1 slot on the side opening of the adapter card, and slowly and smoothly insert from the side, paying attention to the correct insertion direction to avoid damage to the golden finger caused by forced insertion. During the insertion process, feel the feedback of the elastic buckle inside the slot until the device is fully inserted and the buckle automatically tightens, ensuring a tight connection between the device and the adapter card, forming a stable electrical connection link, and creating conditions for subsequent data transmission.

Usage and monitoring:

After completing the installation and connection of the adapter card and device, start the server and the operating system will automatically recognize the devices connected through the adapter card. Users can follow the usual process to perform corresponding configuration operations, such as setting network parameters such as IP address and subnet mask for the network card, installing drivers for the data acquisition card, and configuring the acquisition frequency. During the operation of the server, it is important to constantly monitor the working status of the devices. By using server management software and built-in monitoring tools, key indicators such as data transmission rate, device temperature, and error messages can be monitored in real-time. If any abnormalities are found, such as a sudden drop in transmission rate, overheating of the equipment, or frequent error reports, the machine should be stopped immediately, and the connection between the equipment and the adapter card should be carefully checked for looseness, oxidation of the gold finger, and failure of the buckle. The hidden faults should be identified and resolved to ensure stable operation of the server.

Applicable scenarios

Small office network expansion: In the office environment of small enterprises and branch offices, with the increase in the number of office personnel and the diversification of network applications, servers often need to expand network interfaces to meet the networking needs of more devices. This adapter card can easily connect PCI-E network cards to 1U server chassis, utilizing its stable transmission performance to ensure stable and reliable network connections, providing guarantees for the smooth operation of office networks. At the same time, with its compact design, it does not occupy too much chassis space, making it easy to maintain and manage the chassis.

Industrial control data collection: In the field of industrial automation control, many control systems are built on 1U server chassis and require real-time collection of data from various sensors. Through this adapter card, low-power data acquisition cards of different specifications can be connected to the chassis and work together with the server to timely and accurately collect key data such as temperature, pressure, and flow on the production line. The stable transmission channel is used to transmit the data back to the server for analysis and processing, ensuring the stable operation and quality control of industrial production.

Basic graphics processing assistance: For some scenarios with initial demand for graphics processing but limited budget, such as small advertising design studios, multimedia classrooms in educational training institutions, etc., this adapter card can be used to connect an entry-level graphics card to a 1U server chassis. With the graphics acceleration capability of the graphics card, it can meet basic graphics processing tasks such as simple image editing and video playback, improve work efficiency, and avoid the high cost and space occupation problems caused by purchasing large graphics processing equipment.

Package contents:

1X PCI-E 1X Male to Female Adapter.