[Suns-at-Home] Is it possible to hack an AT or ATX power supply to use it on a SparcServer5?

[Ken Hansen]

I've got atleast one SS/5 that is sitting idle, fairly well equiped as  
well - if you are interested I could test it and send it to you for  
actual S/H...

Contact me off list if interested.

Ken

On Jul 6, 2008, at 3:45 AM, Craig Dewick <cdewick@lios.apana.org.au>  
wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008, Just a Normal Person wrote:
>
>> Hello, my SparcServer5 PSU just fried up this evening. It seemed to
>> work fine before, the light on the case lit after a bit and the fan
>> always started.
>> Is there some way to hack a normal PC power supply for it?
>> On the internet I didn't find any new power supply being made for the
>> SS5/20, and I don't want to use stocked stuff as my PSU, the damages
>> that they can cause when they broke can be very serious.
>
> I think that you could work out a way to make a PC power supply hook  
> up to an SS4, SS5 or SS20 system board, but I haven't tried it myself.
>
> SS5/20 power supplies (Sun # 501-1279 if I'm remembering correctly?)  
> tend to be very reliable and I've had no problems with them so far  
> except when machines have been stored outside of an enclosed  
> building and things start to corrode and get damp.
>
> See if you can track down some junk SS5 systems and rescue the  
> useful parts if the cases are not worth keeping. System boards and  
> power supplies are handy spares to keep on the shelf.
>
> Craig.
>
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