Re: Is it possible to hack an AT or ATX power supply to use it on a SparcServer5?
Ken Hansen <[email protected]>
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I've got atleast one SS/5 that is sitting idle, fairly well equiped as well - if you are interested I could test it and send it to you for actual S/H... Contact me off list if interested. Ken On Jul 6, 2008, at 3:45 AM, Craig Dewick <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 26 Jun 2008, Just a Normal Person wrote: > >> Hello, my SparcServer5 PSU just fried up this evening. It seemed to >> work fine before, the light on the case lit after a bit and the fan >> always started. >> Is there some way to hack a normal PC power supply for it? >> On the internet I didn't find any new power supply being made for the >> SS5/20, and I don't want to use stocked stuff as my PSU, the damages >> that they can cause when they broke can be very serious. > > I think that you could work out a way to make a PC power supply hook > up to an SS4, SS5 or SS20 system board, but I haven't tried it myself. > > SS5/20 power supplies (Sun # 501-1279 if I'm remembering correctly?) > tend to be very reliable and I've had no problems with them so far > except when machines have been stored outside of an enclosed > building and things start to corrode and get damp. > > See if you can track down some junk SS5 systems and rescue the > useful parts if the cases are not worth keeping. System boards and > power supplies are handy spares to keep on the shelf. > > Craig. > > -- > Post by Craig Dewick (tm). Web @ "http://lios.apana.org.au/~cdewick". > Email 2 "[email protected]". SunShack @ "http://www.sunshack.org > " > Galleries @ "http://www.sunshack.org/gallery2". Also lots of tech > data, etc. > Sun Microsystems webring at "http://n.webring.com/hub?ring=sunmicrosystemsu > ". > _______________________________________________ > Suns-at-Home mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.net-kitchen.com/mailman/listinfo/suns-at-home