[Asterisk-Users] Digium Cards in Boxes without Power Connectors

[Alex Malinovich]

On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 14:06, Gabriel Millerd wrote:
> I noticed on the wiki that some of the production hardware (compaq)
> doesnt have a power connector to my knowledge.
> 
> I have a compaq c6400 that I would like to use for Asterisk. However
> all the drives are hot swap and the dual redundant power supply bay
> are not something i really feel like soldering wiring to.
> 
> How are people getting around this?
> 
> Is there a magic 'fan card' that has a power out that people are using?

Well, I can't really recommend this as I suppose it COULD do bad things
to a computer, but one of the Asterisk boxes I set up was working for
about a week without having a separate power connector plugged into the
board. Just drawing PCI power it apparently worked fine. YMMV.

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Alex Malinovich
Golden Technologies, Inc.
(219) 462-7200 x 216
http://www.golden-tech.com
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