From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 17 13:44:39 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D71A37B401 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2003 13:44:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ren.sasknow.com (ren.sasknow.com [207.195.92.131]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A2FF43F75 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2003 13:44:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Received: from earl.sasknow.net (earl.sasknow.net [207.195.92.130]) by ren.sasknow.com (8.12.6p2/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h7HKibGo065812 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2003 14:44:37 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Received: from ren (ren.sasknow.com [207.195.92.131]) by earl.sasknow.net (8.12.6p2/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h7HKiURD094029 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2003 14:44:30 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 14:44:37 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030817143359.F52471-100000@ren.sasknow.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Audit: Email processed by earl.sasknow.com filter X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.31 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) Subject: Power supply advice needed X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 20:44:39 -0000 Hi all, This isn't FreeBSD related, except that I want to deploy a dozen or so of these servers with guess-which-OS. :-) For a reasonably equipped IDE RAID server, I went with the S845WD1-E Intel server board (single P4, dual channel on-board RAID1), and chose the Enlight EN-89810SX3 2U chassis. Only after building the thing do I realize that these Enlight cases have a standard ATX power supply (20-pin main power, 4-pin secondary), but the server board needs a ATX12V or EPS12V power supply. After contacting the (large) hardware supplier we bought the components from, and contacting several local retail computer/networking shops, no one seems to have any answers. Google wasn't even much help... except in confirming that these things are apparently not very well known. :-) I haven't yet tried to contact Intel directly. Any idea where I can find a power supply that will work with this board, in a 2U form factor? Or would I be better off sending the Intel board back to supplier from whence it came? :-) - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com 901-1st Avenue North - Saskatoon, SK - S7K 1Y4 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-244-7037 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America