Explain jumper settings
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close as possible to the PCIe bracket retention screw on a full size PCIe slot.
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You can use a small angled metal piece or a even a 3d printed one to mount the
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card into place.
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# Jumpers
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This adapter cards has several jumpers. You should not need to touch them, however
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the following sections will explain their purpose.
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## PERST
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This jumper selects where the PCIe reset signal is routed. By default it is routed
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to A1 on the FlexibleLOM slot. I believe this to be the PCIe reset signal. However,
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there is also another pin on the connector, A14 which behaves similarly to A1.
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Testing has shown that the cards does not always enumerate properly when using A14
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as PCIe reset.
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The two resistor footprints next to this jumper can be populated in case you are
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having issues with floating resets on the cards resulting in spurious resets. I
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have not encountered any such issues.
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## Vdet
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The Vdet jumper bridges +12V to pin B1 on the FlexibleLOM slot. I assume B1 to be
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some sort of voltage detection pin since it is routed very differently from all
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other +12V power signals on the card.
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## 3v3 aux
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The 3v3 aux jumper connects what I think is the auxiliary 3v3 volt voltage supply
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on the FlexibleLOM slot to the auxiliary 3v3 supply of the PCIe connector. Most
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cards I've seen do not use this voltage rail. However I assume there might be some
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that utilize it for WOL capability.
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## lanes
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This jumper controls which PRSNT2 pin is bridged to PRSNT1. It defaults to PRSNT2
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for 8x cards since that is the maximum number of lanes on a FlexibleLOM slot. You
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can try setting this jumper to 4x if you are having issues with card detection.
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However, a lot of modern devices tend to ignore the PRSNT2 line and rely solely on
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detecting the lane transmitters/receivers. Thus this setting will be irrelevant for
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most devices.
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