asterisk users - Jul 2004 - Digium Cards in Boxes without Power Connectors

I noticed on the wiki that some of the production hardware (compaq)
doesnt have a power connector to my knowledge.

I have a compaq c6400 that I would like to use for Asterisk. However
all the drives are hot swap and the dual redundant power supply bay
are not something i really feel like soldering wiring to.

How are people getting around this?

Is there a magic 'fan card' that has a power out that people are using?

Thanks

On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 14:06, Gabriel Millerd wrote:
> I noticed on the wiki that some of the production hardware (compaq)
> doesnt have a power connector to my knowledge.
> 
> I have a compaq c6400 that I would like to use for Asterisk. However
> all the drives are hot swap and the dual redundant power supply bay
> are not something i really feel like soldering wiring to.
> 
> How are people getting around this?
> 
> Is there a magic 'fan card' that has a power out that people are
using?
Well, I can't really recommend this as I suppose it COULD do bad things
to a computer, but one of the Asterisk boxes I set up was working for
about a week without having a separate power connector plugged into the
board. Just drawing PCI power it apparently worked fine. YMMV.

-- 
Alex Malinovich
Golden Technologies, Inc.
(219) 462-7200 x 216
http://www.golden-tech.com
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On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 14:06, Gabriel Millerd wrote:
> I noticed on the wiki that some of the production hardware (compaq)
> doesnt have a power connector to my knowledge.
> 
> I have a compaq c6400 that I would like to use for Asterisk. However
> all the drives are hot swap and the dual redundant power supply bay
> are not something i really feel like soldering wiring to.
> 
> How are people getting around this?
> 
> Is there a magic 'fan card' that has a power out that people are
using?
I doubt the backplane is hardwired to the powersupply. You need to see
how power is connected to the backplane. On some of our Dells, we have
normal drive connectors on the backplane that the power is jumpered off
of the motherboard to. You then could get a Y adapter a jump in the
middle there. 
-- 
Steven Critchfield <critch@basesys.com>

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gabriel Millerd" <gmillerd@gmail.com>
To: <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com>
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 2:06 PM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Digium Cards in Boxes without Power Connectors

> I noticed on the wiki that some of the production hardware (compaq)
> doesnt have a power connector to my knowledge.
> 
> I have a compaq c6400 that I would like to use for Asterisk. However
> all the drives are hot swap and the dual redundant power supply bay
> are not something i really feel like soldering wiring to.
> 
> How are people getting around this?
> 
> Is there a magic 'fan card' that has a power out that people are
using?
This may work for you.

http://www.thermaltake.com/products/subzero/subzero4g.htm


J.Christian Hoffmeyer
Asterisk Solutions Group, Inc.
Huntsville, AL

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Ask me about Asterisk

I don't know anything about this card, but if its power connector is meant
only to drive a fan, I'd be cautious using it on a Digium card. I'd put
it on
a scope and make sure it provides clean power first.

asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com wrote:
> Gabriel Millerd wrote:
>>>> Is there a magic 'fan card' that has a power out that
people are
>>>> using?
>>> 
>>> This may work for you.
>>> 
>>> http://www.thermaltake.com/products/subzero/subzero4g.htm
>>> 
>>     you lost me, its a processor cooling device. it doesnt provide
>> any power that could be used for a digium card.
> 
> This card is AC powered, and has a drive power output plug, normally
> used for a case fan.  It's drive output could possibly be used to
> supply the Digium card
> 
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Sorry to jump in on a old thread, but just catching up after holiday...

In article <8f551a6504071212066441d83b@mail.gmail.com>,
Gabriel Millerd <gmillerd@gmail.com> wrote:
> I noticed on the wiki that some of the production hardware (compaq)
> doesnt have a power connector to my knowledge.
> 
> I have a compaq c6400 that I would like to use for Asterisk. However
> all the drives are hot swap and the dual redundant power supply bay
> are not something i really feel like soldering wiring to.
I infer from this that some of the Digium cards do not get all their
power from the PCI bus connector, but require a separate power connector
too. I didn't know this before - is it correct? Is so, to which cards
does this apply?

Thanks
Tony
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Tony Mountifield
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