[SunRescue] E450 Switch

Earl Baugh earl at baugh.org
Tue Oct 24 12:29:09 CDT 2000


On our E450 it isn't a switch, but a metal layer
inside the case covers which connects to close the switch.
(Took me a bit to figure out what magic was being used
when I couldn't get it to boot when I had opened up the
box to install some memory...)

Earl

>Message: 5
>Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 12:21:20 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Jonathan Katz <jon at jonworld.com>
>To: rescue at sunhelp.org
>Subject: RE: [SunRescue] Upgrading and E450...
>Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org
>
>Mike wrote:
>
>:I meant the side-cover - if that's the cowl you're referring to.  I
>:suspected that there was some kind of switch there but like I said I've
>:never opened one up before.
>
>I haven't been paying attention to the thread, but an E450 won't run 
>with the cover off. It's very possible that the hidden swich (which I
>couldn't find) isn't being tripped or the cover wasn't replaced correctly.
>
>An E450 will run with any of the front doors open (access do disks, CD,
>etc.) It has to be able to run with those doors open because one of the
>things the E450 boasts is hot-swap disks.
>
>-Jon





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