[rescue] SGI Indigo 2 question

[Curtis H. Wilbar Jr.]

That's odd then as I'll have to double check, but from memory, I think
one of the boxes that doesn't have that connected to the midplane has a
high impact graphics card in it... and it works (at least to the ROM
monitor)... will have to go double check that.

Is there anything wrong with connecting it to the midplane if your not running
Impact cards, or in that case should it be connected to that terminator?/
blank board on the power supply ?

-- Curt

>Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:23:08 -0600
>From: "Jonathan C. Patschke" <jp at celestrion.net>
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>Subject: Re: [rescue] SGI Indigo 2 question
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>On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote:
>
>> OK, so I'm going through all these Indigo 2 boxes... I have one Teal
>> with the newer power supply (385 watt) but with the old backplane...
>> I assume it will not do Impact graphics, correct ?
>
>It will not do impact graphics without an impact-ready midplane.
>
>> When should this be connected to the backplane, and when should it not ????
>
>It should be connected to an impact-ready midplane only.  Impact
>graphics drinks a -lot- more electricity than Extreme or XZ, and that
>auxiliary power connector supplies current to the middle block of pins
>on an impact-ready midplane.
>
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