jdevito@brutus.cs.uiuc.edu (John Devitofranceschi) (10/19/89)
Well, I got my power supplies today for my 7300. I installed one, but I found that there was only one power line for the fans (I need 2 lines). Right now, I'm running with only one fan. Is this considered "ok"? I have my disk outside the box, so the only big thing generating any heat in there is the power supply (and I hooked up the fan closest to that). Anyway, many thanks to Thad for his post on the power supplies. At least one of mine works just dandy and it got here pretty darn quick! Question: Does anyone know where extra 3b1 case tops can be obtained? Are they still ridiculously cheap? Please let me know by e-mail. advTHANKSance ----------------------------------------------------------------------- John Devitofranceschi jdevito@a.cs.uiuc.edu (217) 332-2458
thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) (10/21/89)
John Devitofranceschi in <1989Oct18.211511.10883@brutus.cs.uiuc.edu> asks: Well, I got my power supplies today for my 7300. I installed one, but I found that there was only one power line for the fans (I need 2 lines). Right now, I'm running with only one fan. Is this considered "ok"? I have my disk outside the box, so the only big thing generating any heat in there is the power supply (and I hooked up the fan closest to that). The 3B1 operates with but one fan, and mine (except for during the earthquake (more on that in another posting)) operate 24 hours/day, 7 days/week. If you look at where the fan wires are connected to the printed circuit board (on the supplies from Halted), you'll note that EACH location has solder holes for two fan wires. You could "simply" remove the dual wire-sets from the older supply and solder them to the new supply; I did that for my 7300 systems, although I am tempted to operate with just one fan in each 7300 (to reduce the noise). Question: Does anyone know where extra 3b1 case tops can be obtained? Are they still ridiculously cheap? Please let me know by e-mail. advTHANKSance Last "we" checked, DDS was out of stock, but the caller was informed that more are being sought. I'm sure Jan (of DDS) will post info when more case tops are located. Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]