[rescue] SPARCstation IPC power supply

[Ken Hansen]

ACK!

Stop everything and go to the video store and rent "The Money Pit." I leave
it to you to draw the parallel between your IPC and the "renovation" project
in the movie...

If you are not careful, you could find yourself into this IPC for $30-40 **
WAY TOO MUCH ** IMHO.

Is an IPC useful? Sure, but would anyone on this list invest $30 or more in
one? Really? I would suggest you look for a cheap LX, or better yet, keep a
look out for a cheap SS/5, SS/10/20 or even an Ultra 1-170 - all can be had
for $100-150 nicely equipped, and will allow you to run Solaris 8, X
Windows, etc. Your IPC will be good for little more than an X Terminal or
telnet box I suspect.

Think *real hard* before investing any more money in the box. If you want to
do it for the exercise of rescuing it, fine - that is great, but realize
what you will wind up with.

HTH,

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: <Gregory.Andy at mtvne.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 12:06 PM
Subject: [rescue] SPARCstation IPC power supply


> I've got an IPC I'm trying to get running again, after just replacing the
NVRAM it now looks like i need a new power supply.
>
>
> what happened is i found the IPC a few weeks back and thought i'd blow the
dust of it and get it running.  i rescued it from a former employer a few
years back and installed solaris successfully.
>
> well i got it running and the NVRAM had lost its settings.  so i got a new
timekeeper chip.
>
> i then power it up and notice the all too familiar "burning electronic
component" smell lurking in the air.
>
> so it looks like i have a PSU problem.  Is there any reason why the new
NVRAM could cause a PSU burnout?  Also has anyone successfully repaired a
PSU and could offer me any advice.
>
> If not does anyone know where i could get a new PSU?
>
> thanks
>
> Andy
>
> Andy Gregory
>
>
>
>
>
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