What's this (inside server case)?

teammatt3 posted this at 04:25 — 26th March 2009.

Joined: Sep 2003

What's that vertical chrome bar towards the left side of the case for?

I bought that case and I can't figure out what I'm supposed to do with that thing. The case came with no documentation at all.

pr0gr4mm3r posted this at 09:56 — 26th March 2009.

Joined: Sep 2006

The black thingys are lining up with the add-on card slots, so it might be to securely hold those huge cards or something.

greg posted this at 11:20 — 26th March 2009.

Joined: Nov 2005

AS pr0gr4mm3r said, it looks like a supporting bar for the cards.

Looks like you remove the bar to add cards onto, then stick the bar back in and the cards would slot down into the motherboard. (?)

This one here is slightly different to yours, but has that bar, and the last user comment says

The bar that secures the expansion cards is poorly designed...but you don't need it anyway.

So I guess you could just slot the cards in without it.

teammatt3 posted this at 21:00 — 26th March 2009.

Joined: Sep 2003

Hmmm, that makes sense. It makes me wonder what kind of expansion card is that huge. RAID controller or something, maybe?

I was hoping it was some type of cable organizer. It's a mess in there

Greg K posted this at 17:30 — 3rd April 2009.

Joined: Nov 2003

Most cards are not that big anymore other than special video/audio devices, mainly the video, ie. DVR, Security controllers, etc.

It's not like it used to be where you had cards that went from the back of the case all the way to the front (thanks to surface mount technology)

-Greg