[rescue] Ultra 2 Drives...

[Mike Hebel]

On Wednesday, May 12, 2004, at 06:35 PM, Micah R L wrote:

> I just bought an Ultra 2 motherboard inside a (custom?) aluminum  
> rackmount chassis, just like in this auction:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/ 
> eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20328&item=3095394415
> (TekSavers were great people, by the way - I'd recommend em.)

Dude.  Unless that case has some _huge_ side vents that system is going  
to be able to cook bacon on the top of it.  I see almost no airflow  
from the provided pictures.

> However... there is no drive cage! The U2 takes SCA drives, and the  
> connectors are there on the motherboard, of course, but there is no  
> cage around that, no way to screw drives in, or anything (there is  
> *room* for the drives, just no way to attach them.). Does anyone have  
> a solution on a possible way around this? I can try to post pictures  
> either thie evening or tomorrow evening, if it would help.

My first inclination would be to contact the sellers.  It was their  
responsibility to sell you a working system and case - they say "Case  
is used but is in GOOD condition." right on the auction.  Good  
Condition means all the parts are there.

Failing that I'd suggest ordering a drive cage from here and make your  
own:

http://www.memoryx.net/3405928.html   <- this one is a good suggestion.

Failing that find and tear apart a hard drive mounting kit and screw it  
into the bottom of the case.

Mike

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