[PLUG] Hardware Question ( server video card )
Rich Shepard
rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Mon Oct 30 02:51:44 UTC 2006
On Sun, 29 Oct 2006, Russ (YAR) Gilman-Hunt wrote:
> To be perfectly frank, Rich; I believe this particular unit was bought
> from a clearing house of dot-com failures, and this motherboard doesn't
> exactly match the scratched up, coverless, over-labelled (six different
> companies/owners have labelled this unit) chassis. The motherboard does
> sit close enough that the connections (com1/2, usb, eth0, parallel, game
> port and ps2 ports ) all stick out "right" but through an unmodified
> rectangular outlet.
Oh. Well, does the motherboard have a visible name that connects to a
company still in business?
From your description, the entire setup may be old enough that a new
replacement -- with serial console access -- could be the least expensive
option, and easily justified against your time and efforts.
Rich
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