[rescue] Sunblade100 & SunPCiII

[Stephen Dowdy]

Brian,

> My new SB100 arrived today but it seems like my full length SunPCiII
> card does not fit!! Anyone else notice this??

The SunPCIii card fits fine in 3 SB100s i have.  There's a MOVEABLE slot
handler near the front of the machine that you need to press on a square
"corduroyed" release interlock in order to move out of the way.  You move
it back when the SunPCIii board is installed.  I think there was also some
other "superfluous" piece of plastic gadgetry (1.5" long rectangaloid) i
discarded due to its questionable value and PITA qualities.  It has been a
while though since i installed the boards, so i could be misremembering.

Of course you need to remove the PCI slot card retention bracket with
one screw on the back end, and all the blank plates will fall out (doh!)
Getting it all back together with the serial/parallel breakout and the
blank plates in place while screwing the screw back in takes a little
finesse.

--stephen
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Stephen Dowdy - Systems Administrator - CS Dept - Univ of Colorado at Boulder
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