[THIN] Re: OT IBM servers and cards

  • From: Jeff Malczewski <jeff.malczewski@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:02:27 -0500

By "cut off" do you mean the little blue plastic things on the end of
the two-channel cards (4Mx and I THINK 6M)?  You don't have to cut
those, there's screws that hold them on..  Or did you mean you were
actually trimming the PCB??


On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:46:17 -0500, Joanne Determann
<joanne.determann@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I put them aside. ;)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Reese [mailto:gareese@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 12:15 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: OT IBM servers and cards
> 
> no, they will think you are nuts for practicing your whittling skills
> on a RAID card.  :^)
> 
> I would not expect that to be covered.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:01:17 -0500, Joanne Determann
> <joanne.determann@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I just called IBM. They'll probably send a service tech that will think I'm 
> > nuts until they look inside. JD
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dogers [mailto:dogers@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 11:55 AM
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: OT IBM servers and cards
> >
> > In which case I'd go and complain to the server manufacturer saying
> > its rather crappy! :)
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:43:09 -0500, Joanne Determann
> > <joanne.determann@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Yup there's a gap.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dogers [mailto:dogers@xxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 11:41 AM
> > > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [THIN] Re: OT IBM servers and cards
> > >
> > > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:02:36 -0500, Joanne Determann
> > > <joanne.determann@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > BUT.... now I had to cut the ends of off 3 cards to fit in my 'normal' 
> > > > sized
> > > > new server. And one of the cards is even an IBM.  Crazy thing the slots 
> > > > are
> > > > too far back from the bays .The pins fit fine but there's almost a ¼ ' 
> > > > gap
> > > > betwixt mother and the bays.  It's like the cards are ISO but the
> > > > motherboard ain't.  I always thought IBM was the king of architecture.
> > > > Probably making them in China.
> > >
> > > Soumds more like the motherboard is mounted wrong!? Is there a gap
> > > between it and the back of the case??
> > >
> > > Andrew
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