<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Yes, I've been looking. They are ridiculously pricey! And then there is the problem of finding one that matches the Sun3. The 3/110 chassis is all welded together so accessing the backplane is difficult. Even if I could, it would be a sketchy situation with the 3 boards on top of each other without any ability to space them apart without the side rails. I thought about making 3x 96pin ribbon cables with the matching AMP connectors but connecting/disconnecting them to the backplane seems like it wouldn't be easy. Probably easier/cheaper to just have an extender board fabricated. <div><br></div><div>-Kurt</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jun 3, 2023 at 9:39 AM Dave McGuire via rescue <<a href="mailto:rescue@sunhelp.org">rescue@sunhelp.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 6/3/23 12:28, Kurt Nowak via rescue wrote:<br>
> I have a 3/110 with a faulty video section (hangs at boot when it polls <br>
> the FB) and I want to be able to probe and troubleshoot the board. Does <br>
> anyone have any tips on how to get at it since it's buried in the VME <br>
> chassis. I was thinking of having an extension card made but thought I'd <br>
> ask here and see what others have done first. Any thoughts would be <br>
> appreciated. Thanks<br>
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Extender boards are available, but they cost a fortune. VME is a <br>
current bus, elsewhere if not in the Sun world. I'd assume somewhere <br>
north of $750 for a 9U VME.<br>
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In the past, I've put Sun VME boards in larger chassis (x60, x80) to <br>
gain access.<br>
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-Dave<br>
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ<br>
New Kensington, PA<br>
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