[Info-vax] DS10 fan replacements

[John H. Reinhardt]

I have a DS10 that I bought on Ebay "for parts" hoping I could get it running.  It came with the CPU heat sink and the 80mm case fans missing.  The 92mm case fan was still there and works.  I found a 80mm case fan that has close specs to what was there and a heatsink fan that works but the RMC still reports the fans as failing.  I couldn't find specs for the heat sink fan so I had to wing it.

Does anyone know how the monitor determines if the fans are good?  Both case fans are 2-wire so no PWM type monitoring possible.  The CPU fan is a 3-wire - it turns when the power comes on but still registers and "failing" and then the system powers off after 30 second.


Failing that.  Doe anyone know if a DS15 motherboard can be put in a DS10 case?  Picture-wise they look nearly identical.  The SCSI Ultra160 connector on the back may be a problem.  It looks to be in the same position as the db-25 connector on the DS10 is.



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John H. Reinhardt