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Proliant 1600 and IMD LCD Y-Cable
I was given a Proliant 1600 here at work. Was also given two, new in-box IMD LCD displays. Could not figure out how to connect till I noticed a picture of one on Ebay with what's called a Y-Cable. Splits the ribbon cable down to two smaller connectors. Those connectors I assume connect to the backplane that the CPU cage and PCI cage connect to. Am I correct or does the IMD connect to a PCI type card? If indeed it connects to that backplane via the Y-Cable does anybody have a spare Y-Cable? I'd be willing to pay for the shipping. The Ebay iem was going to 9.00 with 15.00 shipping. I already have two displays, just need the Y-Cable. Perhaps I could swap a display for a Y-cable Thanks All Robert Concord, NH -- mchero ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mchero's Profile: http://www.futurehardware.in/member.php?userid=319 View this thread: http://www.futurehardware.in/showthread.php?t=558532 Future Hardware - http://www.futurehardware.in |
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Proliant 1600 and IMD LCD Y-Cable
There is no pci-type card that those devices connect to. You will indeed
need the "Y" cable as you have described. - LC "mchero" wrote in message ... I was given a Proliant 1600 here at work. Was also given two, new in-box IMD LCD displays. Could not figure out how to connect till I noticed a picture of one on Ebay with what's called a Y-Cable. Splits the ribbon cable down to two smaller connectors. Those connectors I assume connect to the backplane that the CPU cage and PCI cage connect to. Am I correct or does the IMD connect to a PCI type card? If indeed it connects to that backplane via the Y-Cable does anybody have a spare Y-Cable? I'd be willing to pay for the shipping. The Ebay iem was going to 9.00 with 15.00 shipping. I already have two displays, just need the Y-Cable. Perhaps I could swap a display for a Y-cable Thanks All Robert Concord, NH -- mchero ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mchero's Profile: http://www.futurehardware.in/member.php?userid=319 View this thread: http://www.futurehardware.in/showthread.php?t=558532 Future Hardware - http://www.futurehardware.in |
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Proliant 1600 and IMD LCD Y-Cable
I'm junking a another 3000, and I think it has that display. If LG or
someone says it's the same, you can have what's needed from that unit if it's there. Phil "mchero" wrote in message ... I was given a Proliant 1600 here at work. Was also given two, new in-box IMD LCD displays. Could not figure out how to connect till I noticed a picture of one on Ebay with what's called a Y-Cable. Splits the ribbon cable down to two smaller connectors. Those connectors I assume connect to the backplane that the CPU cage and PCI cage connect to. Am I correct or does the IMD connect to a PCI type card? If indeed it connects to that backplane via the Y-Cable does anybody have a spare Y-Cable? I'd be willing to pay for the shipping. The Ebay iem was going to 9.00 with 15.00 shipping. I already have two displays, just need the Y-Cable. Perhaps I could swap a display for a Y-cable Thanks All Robert Concord, NH -- mchero ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mchero's Profile: http://www.futurehardware.in/member.php?userid=319 View this thread: http://www.futurehardware.in/showthread.php?t=558532 Future Hardware - http://www.futurehardware.in |
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Proliant 1600 and IMD LCD Y-Cable
"mchero" wrote I was given a Proliant 1600 here at work. I think someone might be trying to tell you something??? |
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Proliant 1600 and IMD LCD Y-Cable
Jez T;2680906 Wrote: "mchero" wrote I was given a Proliant 1600 here at work. I think someone might be trying to tell you something??? Please, Tell me what they are telling me Jez T Phil, Thanks for the reply! The Y-cable is about 3 inches long, long mail pin on one side, splits to two female pins on the other side. PM me if you have the cable & I'll shoot you the coinage. This is a server that I configured for my 15 year old who is into computers. Yes it's an outdated server but it works & the price is right. Thanks for the replys folks. Robert Concord, NH -- mchero ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mchero's Profile: http://www.futurehardware.in/member.php?userid=319 View this thread: http://www.futurehardware.in/showthread.php?t=558532 Future Hardware - http://www.futurehardware.in |
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Proliant 1600 and IMD LCD Y-Cable
mchero wrote: Please, Tell me what they are telling me Jez T In short....you have just been "jezzed". Phil, Thanks for the reply! The Y-cable is about 3 inches long, long mail pin on one side, splits to two female pins on the other side. PM me if you have the cable & I'll shoot you the coinage. All of my 1600's (seven in all) have the IMD...although it did not come "stock" with the machines. I actually used a dremel tool to split the connector (for the two that I lacked an adapter for) and they worked just fine. I take pictures of everything, and I have a couple of photos that show where EXACTLY to saw the connector and peel the ribbon apart. It has always seemed strange, to me, that Compaq did not include the IMD in the stock 1600 package. The bios is fully set to utilize it...only the cable mod is required. Perhaps 16x3 LCD displays were a big money item at the time. Nevertheless, be advised that they work perfectly on a 1600. These machines (with dual 600M processors) are quite useable in todays environment...despite what Jez (a "the newest is the best" European) might say. My systems run Server2003 with no problem whatsoever...and they are built like a tank. Please remember that the innovators, in computer technology, will always be right here at home...the Europeans lag behind us in technology, and that INCLUDES the ability to coax extra life out of, so called, older systems. Please keep your "grain-of-salt" handy when reading any advise that they might give. This is a server that I configured for my 15 year old who is into computers. Yes it's an outdated server but it works & the price is right. See what I said above. Thanks for the replys folks. My pleasure. Jeffrey Alsip |
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Proliant 1600 and IMD LCD Y-Cable
"Jeffrey Alsip" wrote in message ups.com... mchero wrote: Please, Tell me what they are telling me Jez T In short....you have just been "jezzed". Phil, Thanks for the reply! The Y-cable is about 3 inches long, long mail pin on one side, splits to two female pins on the other side. PM me if you have the cable & I'll shoot you the coinage. All of my 1600's (seven in all) have the IMD...although it did not come "stock" with the machines. I actually used a dremel tool to split the connector (for the two that I lacked an adapter for) and they worked just fine. I take pictures of everything, and I have a couple of photos that show where EXACTLY to saw the connector and peel the ribbon apart. It has always seemed strange, to me, that Compaq did not include the IMD in the stock 1600 package. The bios is fully set to utilize it...only the cable mod is required. Perhaps 16x3 LCD displays were a big money item at the time. Nevertheless, be advised that they work perfectly on a 1600. These machines (with dual 600M processors) are quite useable in todays environment...despite what Jez (a "the newest is the best" European) might say. My systems run Server2003 with no problem whatsoever...and they are built like a tank. Please remember that the innovators, in computer technology, will always be right here at home...the Europeans lag behind us in technology, and that INCLUDES the ability to coax extra life out of, so called, older systems. Please keep your "grain-of-salt" handy when reading any advise that they might give. This is a server that I configured for my 15 year old who is into computers. Yes it's an outdated server but it works & the price is right. See what I said above. Thanks for the replys folks. My pleasure. Jeffrey Alsip Jeffery, there is always two sides to the fence. Granted the old "tanks" are reliable and perhaps will outlive 99 percent of the new stuff. That said, I still use a lot of G1 stuff but the power bill is killing me. I'm paying some 2500 a month and have to find a way to cut cost. When the other person pays the bill, that's one thing, but when it comes out of your pocket it's another. Some on this board in the past have asked, when is it more economical to upgrade to newer units. If you only have one or two machines, and use them intermittently, it makes no difference. You leave them on 24x7 you see 15 to 30 bucks a month per unit increase in electricity cost. At some point it is cheaper to scrap the older units and get a more efficient unit/s. I am starting to look at all the newer technologies including water-cooled units. There has to be a way to cut cost. Even at 2500 a month, that's 30,000.00 a year in power. I have pulled all kinds of tricks to cut power consumption, but the older units just consume more power. There is a balance, but the big boys like Jez T works with can apparently afford the newer units. At this rate it looks like I can't afford not to upgrade. Just because you can still get mileage out of surplus units doesn't mean it' s cheap to operate. Cost of electricity keeps rising and in some parts of this country as well as other parts of the world it's many times what we pay. Then that 15 to 30 per month cost per unit could be as much as 45 to 70 a month to operate. Don't condemn "everyone" if you don't know all the facts. Phil |
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Proliant 1600 and IMD LCD Y-Cable
"Phil" wrote in message ... "Jeffrey Alsip" wrote in message ups.com... mchero wrote: Please, Tell me what they are telling me Jez T In short....you have just been "jezzed". Phil, Thanks for the reply! The Y-cable is about 3 inches long, long mail pin on one side, splits to two female pins on the other side. PM me if you have the cable & I'll shoot you the coinage. All of my 1600's (seven in all) have the IMD...although it did not come "stock" with the machines. I actually used a dremel tool to split the connector (for the two that I lacked an adapter for) and they worked just fine. I take pictures of everything, and I have a couple of photos that show where EXACTLY to saw the connector and peel the ribbon apart. It has always seemed strange, to me, that Compaq did not include the IMD in the stock 1600 package. The bios is fully set to utilize it...only the cable mod is required. Perhaps 16x3 LCD displays were a big money item at the time. Nevertheless, be advised that they work perfectly on a 1600. These machines (with dual 600M processors) are quite useable in todays environment...despite what Jez (a "the newest is the best" European) might say. My systems run Server2003 with no problem whatsoever...and they are built like a tank. Please remember that the innovators, in computer technology, will always be right here at home...the Europeans lag behind us in technology, and that INCLUDES the ability to coax extra life out of, so called, older systems. Please keep your "grain-of-salt" handy when reading any advise that they might give. This is a server that I configured for my 15 year old who is into computers. Yes it's an outdated server but it works & the price is right. See what I said above. Thanks for the replys folks. My pleasure. Jeffrey Alsip Jeffery, there is always two sides to the fence. Granted the old "tanks" are reliable and perhaps will outlive 99 percent of the new stuff. That said, I still use a lot of G1 stuff but the power bill is killing me. I'm paying some 2500 a month and have to find a way to cut cost. When the other person pays the bill, that's one thing, but when it comes out of your pocket it's another. Some on this board in the past have asked, when is it more economical to upgrade to newer units. If you only have one or two machines, and use them intermittently, it makes no difference. You leave them on 24x7 you see 15 to 30 bucks a month per unit increase in electricity cost. At some point it is cheaper to scrap the older units and get a more efficient unit/s. I am starting to look at all the newer technologies including water-cooled units. There has to be a way to cut cost. Even at 2500 a month, that's 30,000.00 a year in power. I have pulled all kinds of tricks to cut power consumption, but the older units just consume more power. There is a balance, but the big boys like Jez T works with can apparently afford the newer units. At this rate it looks like I can't afford not to upgrade. Just because you can still get mileage out of surplus units doesn't mean it' s cheap to operate. Cost of electricity keeps rising and in some parts of this country as well as other parts of the world it's many times what we pay. Then that 15 to 30 per month cost per unit could be as much as 45 to 70 a month to operate. Don't condemn "everyone" if you don't know all the facts. Phil Yah, word up on that. If you want to know what your machines are pulling, do a search on the HP site for "Power Calculator" ... it has .xls spreadsheets (which I call "models) for most all the specific server models (at least the ones I have looked for). This should give you a rough idea of the power consumption, in watts and amps) for each device you have. Bear in mind, its close, but not exact and good enough for ballparking. http://h30099.www3.hp.com/configurator/powercalcs.asp These models could be used to compare a G2 and G3 or G4 family of DL380. You might be suprised as to what costs more to run. check it out and draw your own conclusions. - LC |
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Proliant 1600 and IMD LCD Y-Cable
"NuTCrAcKeR" wrote in message
... "Phil" wrote in message ... "Jeffrey Alsip" wrote in message ups.com... mchero wrote: Please, Tell me what they are telling me Jez T In short....you have just been "jezzed". Phil, Thanks for the reply! The Y-cable is about 3 inches long, long mail pin on one side, splits to two female pins on the other side. PM me if you have the cable & I'll shoot you the coinage. All of my 1600's (seven in all) have the IMD...although it did not come "stock" with the machines. I actually used a dremel tool to split the connector (for the two that I lacked an adapter for) and they worked just fine. I take pictures of everything, and I have a couple of photos that show where EXACTLY to saw the connector and peel the ribbon apart. It has always seemed strange, to me, that Compaq did not include the IMD in the stock 1600 package. The bios is fully set to utilize it...only the cable mod is required. Perhaps 16x3 LCD displays were a big money item at the time. Nevertheless, be advised that they work perfectly on a 1600. These machines (with dual 600M processors) are quite useable in todays environment...despite what Jez (a "the newest is the best" European) might say. My systems run Server2003 with no problem whatsoever...and they are built like a tank. Please remember that the innovators, in computer technology, will always be right here at home...the Europeans lag behind us in technology, and that INCLUDES the ability to coax extra life out of, so called, older systems. Please keep your "grain-of-salt" handy when reading any advise that they might give. This is a server that I configured for my 15 year old who is into computers. Yes it's an outdated server but it works & the price is right. See what I said above. Thanks for the replys folks. My pleasure. Jeffrey Alsip Jeffery, there is always two sides to the fence. Granted the old "tanks" are reliable and perhaps will outlive 99 percent of the new stuff. That said, I still use a lot of G1 stuff but the power bill is killing me. I'm paying some 2500 a month and have to find a way to cut cost. When the other person pays the bill, that's one thing, but when it comes out of your pocket it's another. Some on this board in the past have asked, when is it more economical to upgrade to newer units. If you only have one or two machines, and use them intermittently, it makes no difference. You leave them on 24x7 you see 15 to 30 bucks a month per unit increase in electricity cost. At some point it is cheaper to scrap the older units and get a more efficient unit/s. I am starting to look at all the newer technologies including water-cooled units. There has to be a way to cut cost. Even at 2500 a month, that's 30,000.00 a year in power. I have pulled all kinds of tricks to cut power consumption, but the older units just consume more power. There is a balance, but the big boys like Jez T works with can apparently afford the newer units. At this rate it looks like I can't afford not to upgrade. Just because you can still get mileage out of surplus units doesn't mean it' s cheap to operate. Cost of electricity keeps rising and in some parts of this country as well as other parts of the world it's many times what we pay. Then that 15 to 30 per month cost per unit could be as much as 45 to 70 a month to operate. Don't condemn "everyone" if you don't know all the facts. Phil Yah, word up on that. If you want to know what your machines are pulling, do a search on the HP site for "Power Calculator" ... it has .xls spreadsheets (which I call "models) for most all the specific server models (at least the ones I have looked for). This should give you a rough idea of the power consumption, in watts and amps) for each device you have. Bear in mind, its close, but not exact and good enough for ballparking. http://h30099.www3.hp.com/configurator/powercalcs.asp These models could be used to compare a G2 and G3 or G4 family of DL380. You might be suprised as to what costs more to run. check it out and draw your own conclusions. - LC Nutcracker, up late or early start ? I found that link some time ago. I'm actually exploring all options including some blade servers, even different brands. Cooling fans seems to be a large cost of Compaq server operation. I chopped about 80 watts off each of 10 ups's by installing proportional fan control. I would almost bet that would yield a similar savings on the servers too. I can design a small board that can be installed in the units to take care of that.. I've been slowly upgrading drives to faster and larger units to reduce the total number spinning, that is also helping but the drive cages have fans there that pull a fair amount too. There has to be a product that will be a better solution, perhaps the new dual core units. Just looking at all angles now. Oh, I had been migrating to the newer Compaq's, but that hasn't saved any power. The quad units pull the juice regardless of version. Phil |
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Proliant 1600 and IMD LCD Y-Cable
Jeffrey Alsip;2682082 Wrote: mchero wrote: Please, Tell me what they are telling me Jez T In short....you have just been "jezzed". Phil, Thanks for the reply! The Y-cable is about 3 inches long, long mail pin on one side, splits to two female pins on the other side. PM me if you have the cable & I'll shoot you the coinage. All of my 1600's (seven in all) have the IMD...although it did not come "stock" with the machines. I actually used a dremel tool to split the connector (for the two that I lacked an adapter for) and they worked just fine. I take pictures of everything, and I have a couple of photos that show where EXACTLY to saw the connector and peel the ribbon apart. It has always seemed strange, to me, that Compaq did not include the IMD in the stock 1600 package. The bios is fully set to utilize it...only the cable mod is required. Perhaps 16x3 LCD displays were a big money item at the time. Nevertheless, be advised that they work perfectly on a 1600. These machines (with dual 600M processors) are quite useable in todays environment...despite what Jez (a "the newest is the best" European) might say. My systems run Server2003 with no problem whatsoever...and they are built like a tank. Please remember that the innovators, in computer technology, will always be right here at home...the Europeans lag behind us in technology, and that INCLUDES the ability to coax extra life out of, so called, older systems. Please keep your "grain-of-salt" handy when reading any advise that they might give. This is a server that I configured for my 15 year old who is into computers. Yes it's an outdated server but it works & the price is right. See what I said above. Thanks for the replys folks. My pleasure. Jeffrey Alsip Jeff, I was thinking about splitting the plug! Please, Shoot me the destructions + PICS if you can. robertmchenry at comcast dot net. -- mchero ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mchero's Profile: http://www.futurehardware.in/member.php?userid=319 View this thread: http://www.futurehardware.in/showthread.php?t=558532 Future Hardware - http://www.futurehardware.in |
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