[Info-vax] IDE disks for Alphaserver DS10

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In article <j1h67o$vec$1 at pcls6.std.com>, moroney at world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) writes:
>"Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>
>>You could wind up with a machine fit only for the trash can!  I believe 
>>that a lot of engineering goes into the air flows inside the case.
>
>The CPU on those things is the most temperature sensitive device.  The
>CPU has a temperature sensor and the firmware will power the system off
>if the CPU gets too hot.  You can monitor the temperature when running
>(from VMS, F$GETSYI("TEMPERATURE_VECTOR"), lowest byte) and see if
>it runs hotter with the lid open.

The stop case of the DS10L serves as part of that heatsink too.  Two screws
over the CPU serve to bolt the top-case tightly to the heatsink.  


>I know someone who temporarily stuck a DS10 riser board in a DS10L to
>see if it would work (it did).

Very little difference between the DS10 and DS10L... it's mostly its form
factor (1U) that limits the DS10L.

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