Re: D230 Power Supplies

Machin Chose <34cc0e7d0d1a098@3cf0fd4624162b1083cf0fd4624162b10 83cf0fd_sorry_no_spam_really.bzh> wrote:
> Robert Klute a ecrit :
>> On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 17:00:08 +0100, Machin Chose
>> <34cc0e7d0d1a098@3cf0fd4624162b1083cf0fd4624162b10 83cf0fd_sorry_no_spam_really.bzh>
>> wrote:
>>
>> The most likely cause of failure was someone plugging the units
>> into a 208V PDU while the power supply was set to 120V. Unlike
>> every other HP9000 I can think of, the D-Class didn't have an
>> auto-ranging PDU and the voltage range had to be manually set.

> This psu, from D class, is manually set, that's right. Unfortunately
> , as I said, it worked fine the day before; nobody changed it's
> setting.
> Any idea ? It's seems really close to any "ATX" PCs usuals PSU. Or
> is there an 'old HP hardware related newsgroup' more suitable for
> this kind of questions ?

Well, there is comp.sys.hp.hardware

The D Class systems were indeed developed from a "PC Server" chassis
as part of a cost reduction programme way back when. I would not be
surprised to learn that the power supply in a D Class was closely
related to, if not the same as an "industry" power supply from the
same timeframe.

I suspect that the first thing to do would be to find the full specs
for the power supply. The D class are old enough now that their
hardware manuals may or may not still be on docs.hp.com. Still that
would be the first place to check.

However, if you do find another power supply that matches the spec, if
it is not one with the corresponding HP part number (perhaps
partsurfer.hp.com could help here) it would be "unsupported" in
HPSpeak:

Supported, known to work -> warm fuzzies all around
Supported, not known to not work -> an HPite may be in trouble
Supported, known to not work -> an HPite is in trouble
Unsupported, known to work -> lucky today, unlucky tomorrow?
Unsupported, not known to not work -> there but for the grace of Turing
Unsupported, known to not work -> no, it was not deliberate ;-)

Given that the D class may not longer be under HW support from HP that
may be a dont care in your case. Still, just trying to dot all the
t's and cross all the i's.

rick jones
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Rick Jones wrote:

> Machin Chose <34cc0e7d0d1a098@3cf0fd4624162b1083cf0fd4624162b10 83cf0fd_sorry_no_spam_really.bzh> wrote:
>
>>Robert Klute a ecrit :
>>
>>>On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 17:00:08 +0100, Machin Chose
>>><34cc0e7d0d1a098@3cf0fd4624162b1083cf0fd4624162 b1083cf0fd_sorry_no_spam_really.bzh>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>The most likely cause of failure was someone plugging the units
>>>into a 208V PDU while the power supply was set to 120V. Unlike
>>>every other HP9000 I can think of, the D-Class didn't have an
>>>auto-ranging PDU and the voltage range had to be manually set.
>
>
>>This psu, from D class, is manually set, that's right. Unfortunately
>>, as I said, it worked fine the day before; nobody changed it's
>>setting.
>>Any idea ? It's seems really close to any "ATX" PCs usuals PSU. Or
>>is there an 'old HP hardware related newsgroup' more suitable for
>>this kind of questions ?
>
>
> Well, there is comp.sys.hp.hardware
>
> The D Class systems were indeed developed from a "PC Server" chassis
> as part of a cost reduction programme way back when. I would not be
> surprised to learn that the power supply in a D Class was closely
> related to, if not the same as an "industry" power supply from the
> same timeframe.
>
> I suspect that the first thing to do would be to find the full specs
> for the power supply. The D class are old enough now that their
> hardware manuals may or may not still be on docs.hp.com. Still that
> would be the first place to check.

Try trough http://www.openpa.net/systems/ultralight.html.


>
> However, if you do find another power supply that matches the spec, if
> it is not one with the corresponding HP part number (perhaps
> partsurfer.hp.com could help here) it would be "unsupported" in
> HPSpeak:
>
> Supported, known to work -> warm fuzzies all around
> Supported, not known to not work -> an HPite may be in trouble
> Supported, known to not work -> an HPite is in trouble
> Unsupported, known to work -> lucky today, unlucky tomorrow?
> Unsupported, not known to not work -> there but for the grace of Turing
> Unsupported, known to not work -> no, it was not deliberate ;-)
>
> Given that the D class may not longer be under HW support from HP that
> may be a dont care in your case. Still, just trying to dot all the
> t's and cross all the i's.