[rescue] Sun 711 Multipack - Power Supply questions
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Thu Feb 21 13:45:51 CST 2002
Courtesy of Big Mike[0], I now have a 711 Multipack carcass--
missing some cosmetic items (most of the exterior skin)
but internally okay (backplane, connections, etc.). However,
it's missing the power supply module.
I went ahead and took it because I thought it should be
possible to find docs on the P/S pinout and such--but I'm
having no luck in the Usual Places. The missing power
supply module plugs into a small circuit board with an
18 pin keyed MOLEX plug (not ATX [1], but similar), plus
a row of 1/2" long pins (18 pins total [2]). The power supply
module, from the pictures I can find, also includes two
decent-sized fans (not surprising.)
If anyone knows the part number or anywhere good to
look for specific info on this beast, please let me know.
If anyone *has* one of these and can verify the pinout
for me with a multimeter, I would be very thankful--but
I'm guessing that it's time to keep fumbling...er, searching.
Alternatively, if anyone has documentation on the pinout
of other contemporary Sun P/S modules with that same
MOLEX connector (such as the U1), let me know where
to find those. Thanks in advance--
--Rip
[0] Note to self--when going to the BarBQ House in Laurel,
and applying hot sauce to fries, check to see whether
"oleoresin cayenne" or "oleoresin capsaicin" is an
active ingredient--don't just believe Mike when he says
it's "not that hot". Urmph--my butt did not thank me
this AM. I like hot hot sauce--but that stuff is designed
to incapacitate.
[1] An ATX power supply has a very similar 20-pin keyed
plug, but it's not quite the same. An Ultra 1 P/S has the
exact connector I need, but I'm not sure what the pinout
is or whether it's the same. I can test the pinout on the
U1 P/S, but I don't have a proper 711 pinout to compare
it to--and I suspect the current ratings are different
anyway.
[2] There appear to be 4 pins tied to a trace labeled "5 VDC",
4 pins tied to a trace labeled "12 VDC", 2 pins that might
be ground, and 10 pins unused. All the pins are about 1/2"
long, in a single row spaced about 1/4" apart. Since all these
pins are connected to traces that then also connect to the
ATX-style connector, I *think* that they're actually power supply
back to the main fans. (That seems silly, but I don't have a
better explanation yet) Why would there be power supply back
into the power supply? Why would both +5 and +12 be
useful, when the fans are almost certainly +12 only?
What the heck else would these pins be for? There are the
same number as the number of connectors in the MOLEX
plug--but why?
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