[rescue] replacing an Ultra2

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Peter Corlett <abuse at cabal.org.uk>
>Date: 2007/04/24 Tue AM 06:41:09 CDT
>To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [rescue] replacing an Ultra2

>On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 11:03:44AM +0200, Clemson, Chris wrote:
>[...]
>> Have you actually tried putting DIMMS or PCI cards into a cheap PC
>> motherboard? Disturbingly, sometimes brute force is needed.
>
>Indeed, mooli.org.uk has had a chunk cut out of a Molex power connector
>feeding its RAID array because it fouled one of the DIMM slots. Similarly,
>my home fileserver has had to have similar treatment on its SATA port
>because it's fouled by actually putting a hard disk rather than a floppy
>drive in the second drive bay.
>
>PC manufacturers seem to come from the "Design? We've heard of it" school of
>thought.

Antec's new line of desktop cases are nice - one example is the NSK4400, the media PC case I mentioned a while ago, and they have a new one called "Solo" (see: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129018 )...

They appear to be designed to be quiet, good looking, and reliable. I also think they are more efficient (higher efficiency PS)...

Lionel