[rescue] Free Sun T5140 parts (SF Bay area)

chris t liff at i360.com
Wed Dec 18 00:27:08 EST 2024


I'm in Mountain View, so it's maybe a little far.  Unfortunately I can't 
really transport.

If you want it, though, I'm free any afternoon/evening this week, so if 
you happen to be coming into this area, I can probably accommodate 
whatever time is convenient for you.

Safar Mashtizadeh via rescue wrote:
> Hello Chris,
> I am interested to pick up the T5140 remains.
> I’m in Berkeley area and can pick it up at your convenience.
> Please let me know.
> Best regards,
>
> Safar.
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Dec 17, 2024, at 5:57 PM, chris t via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Rescue,
>>
>> So, some years ago I bought a T5240 from eBay.  When it arrived, I noticed it didn't have CPU heatsinks, and furthermore, when I looked at the listing, the heatsinks were clearly missing.  So, no one to blame but myself.  I asked the seller about a refund anyway, but they quite reasonably called it buyer error, and I considered it a funny learning experience.
>>
>> Subsequently I would occasionally look for heatsinks, but I wasn't willing to spend very much, so it took some years before a listing checked all the boxes.  Eventually I bought a T5140, in as-is condition, but with the heatsinks intact.  I moved the heatsinks and a few other parts over, and now I'm giving away the rest of the machine.
>>
>> This T5140 is missing:
>>
>>   * CPU heatsinks and bolts
>>   * Power supplies
>>   * Memory
>>   * Drive trays (and drives)
>>   * 1 SAS cable
>>   * Rack rails
>>
>> I think it has everything else.  In particular, it has:
>>
>>   * SATA DVD-ROM module
>>   * Fan modules
>>   * PCIe risers
>>
>> The above parts could be sold, but I'd rather keep the machine together.  (If you want to part it out, feel free, though.)  Before I removed the heatsinks, I verified that it's the 8-core 1165MHz version by putting the board in my T5240.  So I'm confident the motherboard works, but the other parts are untested.
>>
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