Quadro K4000/5000: "stereo connector bracket" available?
We have some Dell machines with K5000 cards, and would like to use 3DVision on them (using opengl under linux). The 3DVision (Pro) needs a 3-pin DIN stereo connector to drive the emitter. Many older Quadro-family cards included these connectors. On the K4000/K5000, you need an optional "stereo connector bracket" to get this - it's a simple PCI back-panel bracket with a DIN connector, wired to another connector which plugs into a header on the board itself. But Dell didn't include this bracket, and doesn't sell it separately. I haven't found anyone selling this bracket and (given the lack of documentation) don't want to just fabricate one. Does anyone sell these brackets as separate components, for the K4000/K5000 cards?
We have some Dell machines with K5000 cards, and would like to use 3DVision on them (using opengl under linux). The 3DVision (Pro) needs a 3-pin DIN stereo connector to drive the emitter. Many older Quadro-family cards included these connectors.

On the K4000/K5000, you need an optional "stereo connector bracket" to get this - it's a simple PCI back-panel bracket with a DIN connector, wired to another connector which plugs into a header on the board itself. But Dell didn't include this bracket, and doesn't sell it separately.

I haven't found anyone selling this bracket and (given the lack of documentation) don't want to just fabricate one.

Does anyone sell these brackets as separate components, for the K4000/K5000 cards?

#1
Posted 10/24/2013 11:20 PM   
... I'll gamble that the brackets available on ebay, for the Quadro 4000 and Quadro FX 3800, will also work on the later models. From the photos, they're designed to plug into a 4-pin header on the board, and the K5000 card has a header of the right size marked "Stereo". Will let you know if they seem to work. I did find some references by companies around the world to either of two PNY part numbers for the Quadro 4000/3800 stereo bracket: "930-50764-0000-000" and "QSP-STEREOQ4000-PB". Not certain whether these are the same as each other, or the same as what the K4000/K5000 need. Couldn't find anyone in the US (except via ebay) who is selling those part numbers. Funny.
... I'll gamble that the brackets available on ebay, for the Quadro 4000 and Quadro FX 3800, will also work on the later models. From the photos, they're designed to plug into a 4-pin header on the board, and the K5000 card has a header of the right size marked "Stereo". Will let you know if they seem to work.

I did find some references by companies around the world to either of two PNY part numbers for the Quadro 4000/3800 stereo bracket: "930-50764-0000-000" and "QSP-STEREOQ4000-PB". Not certain whether these are the same as each other, or the same as what the K4000/K5000 need.

Couldn't find anyone in the US (except via ebay) who is selling those part numbers. Funny.

#2
Posted 10/25/2013 06:31 PM   
Followup: Our Quadro K6000 finally arrived -- integrated, in an HP workstation. Result: It *does not* connect with the PNY Quadro 4000/3800 stereo bracket, for two reasons: - the cable is too short. The HP K6000 is a long card, and the stereo connector is too far from the PCI back panel. - worse, it's the *wrong connector type*. I've spent the afternoon trying to find a proper name for it, but haven't found any consistent one. Some sources call it "MPC-3", but that name gets used for both of the connectors below. What the PNY Quadro 4000/3800 bracket's cable ends with: a 4-pin in-line locking connector, 0.1" centers, of the type used on CD-ROM drives as the analog connector. Conventionally black. What the HP K6000 card has: a 4-pin in-line non-locking connector, on somewhat closer centers (not sure exact spacing), of the type used on motherboards and some audio cards as the CD-ROM/AUX *input*. The connectors for this are conventionally white, when they're part of a CD-ROM-to-motherboard audio cable. All four pins are used. I suspect the middle two are grounds, but not sure. If I'd bought the card from PNY, I assume they would have included the card-to-VESA connector. But the card was bought through an OEM - Hewlett-Packard - who know nothing about stereo and don't sell the silly connector. And indeed they seem to have their own variant of the card itself. PNY's Quadro K6000 is different from the one we got from HP. PNY's card comes with a bracket that *does* look like the one that was sold to work with the Quadro 4000/3800. It's the HP variant that has an incompatible connector. Feh.
Followup: Our Quadro K6000 finally arrived -- integrated, in an HP workstation. Result:

It *does not* connect with the PNY Quadro 4000/3800 stereo bracket, for two reasons:

- the cable is too short. The HP K6000 is a long card, and the stereo connector is too far from the PCI back panel.

- worse, it's the *wrong connector type*. I've spent the afternoon trying to find a proper name for it, but haven't found any consistent one. Some sources call it "MPC-3", but that name gets used for both of the connectors below.


What the PNY Quadro 4000/3800 bracket's cable ends with: a 4-pin in-line locking connector, 0.1" centers, of the type used on CD-ROM drives as the analog connector. Conventionally black.

What the HP K6000 card has: a 4-pin in-line non-locking connector, on somewhat closer centers (not sure exact spacing), of the type used on motherboards and some audio cards as the CD-ROM/AUX *input*. The connectors for this are conventionally white, when they're part of a CD-ROM-to-motherboard audio cable.

All four pins are used. I suspect the middle two are grounds, but not sure.


If I'd bought the card from PNY, I assume they would have included the card-to-VESA connector. But the card was bought through an OEM - Hewlett-Packard - who know nothing about stereo and don't sell the silly connector. And indeed they seem to have their own variant of the card itself.

PNY's Quadro K6000 is different from the one we got from HP. PNY's card comes with a bracket that *does* look like the one that was sold to work with the Quadro 4000/3800. It's the HP variant that has an incompatible connector.

Feh.

#3
Posted 01/02/2014 11:56 PM   
Thanks for reporting in, hopefully this saves someone else.
Thanks for reporting in, hopefully this saves someone else.

#4
Posted 01/03/2014 05:12 AM   
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