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The other side of this is that I'd rather have the slots and a minimal on-board NIC so that I can install a 100g nic of my choosing. I hate motherboards where
by drewg123 4y ago
The other side of this is that I'd rather have the slots and a minimal on-board NIC so that I can install a 100g nic of my choosing. I hate motherboards where they force you to take 2x 10G rj45 ports that I'll never use and which burns power until/unless I can figure out how to disable them and recover the power.
- fbdab103 4y agoDo they really burn that much power if not active? I had naively assumed that there was a simple detection circuit to keep most of the equipment deactivated until use.
- nubinetwork 4y agoAn sfp slot with an unused module does pull power from the switch/nic, but that shouldn't be an issue if you pull out the module. (I don't know if rj45 based connectors draw power)