[rescue] Urgent - 12-way SGI Power Challenge XL server, please help

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 08:52:12AM -0800, Kurt Huhn wrote:

> > I have an opportunity to rescue a 12-way SGI Power Challenge XL system tomorrow afternoon (12 * 200MHz, 6 x 9GB diff SCSI). It is a complete system except for one thing - it is missing the system memory board from inside the main server cabinet.
> > 
> > In order to determine if this system is worth rescuing I need to know the following: If I also get an SGI DM Series challenge server with 2GB of ram, can I reuse its memory card inside the SGI Power Challenge XL system? They look similar - but this is something I've never tried before.
> > I have about 20 hours to find out if this can be done. Please let me know what you think.
> > 
> 
> Gavin,
> 
> To be britally honest - the memory board is the least of your worries. 
> Honestly.  Go for it, get it, rescue it.  If you don't want it, someone
> else does.  Truly, the lone lmissing board can't be that difficult to
> find.
> 
> That system is truly a kickass machine, don't let it go just because of
> one missing piece.  

P.S.  The memory board you need appears on ebay fairly frequently, and/or can
be bought from other places for only a few hundred dollars with lots of ram on
it.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd