[Info-vax] Office Friendly Kit for rx2620

[MG]

On 16-8-2011 12:40, stuie_norris at yahoo.com.au wrote:
> I have an HP rx2620 which I wish to use as a hobbyist system at home.
> It is the rack mount version and extremely loud.

Yes, I was surprised as well how loud it is (or can be).  At first I
became worried and thought my two rx2620s may've been running in 'fast
fan'-mode, due to an environmental sensor error or some other defect.

The rx2620 is significantly louder than the rx2600, though the latter
is a rather silent server system I must say.  Compared to many IBM
systems ("System p" types especially), the rx2620 isn't *that* loud.


>  From HP's website I see there is a office friendly conversion kit
> AD244A available.  Has anyone converted a rx2620 using this kit?

No, but I've considered it for a while.  Then I decided not to, because
it isn't very widely available, nor likely going to be very cheap (a
rx2600/zx6000 "deskside pedestal mounting conversion kit", for example,
is already very expensive and relatively rare to find).

Fortunately I have the luxury of a separate room.


> Does anyone know how much this kit is?

No, but if the cheapest rx2660 'pedestal' kit out there costs over (US)
$ ~250 (like the one currently on eBay), don't expect it to be very
cheap...


> Also it states it is not end user - installable.  Has anyone installed
> them selves?

That's hard to say, especially if it's something as trivial as merely
requiring a 'special tool' (like for installing processors in zx2000,
zx6000/rx2600, etc. systems, with the tamper-resistant torx screws).
HP also officially states it isn't end-user installable, in this case,
if I'm not mistaken; but it is and even with a flathead screwdriver,
if you don't mind potentially damaging the tamper-resisting rod in the
screws a bit).

It'd help to see what one of these kits consists off, since I'm just
guessing here.

  - MG