[SunHELP] Re: Ultra 1 trouble installing Solaris 9

Geoff Reed geoffr at zipcon.net
Mon Jun 30 20:08:18 CDT 2003


Yes it is definately possible, I will see if I can find the FCO information.


At 06:26 PM 6/30/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi, I just checked, and you were right, the CPU fan had failed.  I wired
>up a new fan, but I am still getting the error.  Is it possible that
>damage has already been done to CPU since it was running without a fan?
>
>Thanks,
>-austin
>
>
> > if your ultra1 has a fan on the CPU, make sure that it's spinning, if
> > there is no fan, it should have a TALL heatsink. the fans frequently 
> fail on
> > ultra 1's and the SUN fix for that was a Field Change order that swapped
> > out the mainboard for one with a taller heatsink, and thin plastic ducting
> > that made it where the power-supply fans supplied the moving air (pulled
> > air through the heatsink)
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