[rescue] Sparc 4 power supplies

[Curtis H. Wilbar Jr.]

Anyone that has an SS4 and wants to upgrade the power supply to 
an SS5/SS20 power supply... contact me off list... I have a couple
or more of these kicking around.... 

-- Curt


On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 02:55, Mike Nicewonger wrote:
> The SS4 had a weak supply. It is the same as the Xterm. I would be wary of
> running more than the bare minimum in it. Now having said that, I am running
> an SS4 as my mail server with one disk and it has been fine for nearly 2
> years.
> 
> However, the good news is the PSU from an SS5 or 20 will JustWork[tm].
> 
> --
> Mike N
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Rose" <rr at rits.com.au>
> To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 2:47 AM
> Subject: [rescue] Sparc 4 power supplies
> 
> 
> > Hi gang,
> >
> > I rescued a SparcStation 4 yesterday, I haven't fired it up yet, I decided
> > to look inside first.
> >
> > There are 3 disks in total (no CD), but the one in the middle of the
> > motherboard was unplugged.  I noticed it has the 50 watt power supply and
> > was wondering if it might have been too much to ask it to spin up 3
> > disks.  Does this seem logical?
> >
> > Rob
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