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PostPosted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 6:51 pm    Post subject: Ultra5/10 without PCI riser card ... does it work? Reply with quote

I'm contemplating a casemod/transplant for a working U5 mobo I have which currently sits in a case with no cover, no speaker, no fans, and no drive sleds/chassis/holder....

Making the mobo exist in another case wouldnt be difficult, however finding one which would/could hold the PCI riser card and lots properly would...

So the question is, before I blow the mobo on my spare U5, will an U5/10 function without the PCI riser card installed?
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 11:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Most x86 systems with riser cards do function without the riser installed. I suspect the U5 would as well as long as there isn't any controller chips on the riser.

I suspect it will be fine; Sun would have probably wanted to keep their options open so at the time 5 or 6 years ago when the U5/10 was current that they could easily make a 1U server out of it.

(that's a horrible sentence but I don't really feel like rewriting it)
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