Randy, Power Computing makes an all-metal tower-type chassis with grounding fingers at the opening for the fences. I haven't gotten to take any of their systems to the OATS, since I've been pretty happy with the HP Vectra 500 and Power Mac 7200/90 I've been using. I have heard from a couple of people that they are pretty clean.
The drawback for most companies with the Mac or Power Computing systems is that you have to get your Mac firmware up and running fast (I don't have that problem, my Mac guys are sharp and usually get their stuff running before the PC, SGI, or Sun guys). Steve Chin StreamLogic Corp. Menlo Park, CA, USA sc...@streamlogic.com r_flind...@emulex.com (r_flind...@emulex.com) wrote: > >Hello Everyone! > >We are currently looking for a Desktop Host PC to use for testing High >Frequency PCI Adapter Cards. I am looking for something that has a complete >metal enclosure, with a metal cover. (Not a plastic cover with a metal >shield). I have looked at a couple of new Dell systems and was very >unimpressed with their chassis design. I am also hoping that the system >will provide fingers at the card slot openings of the chassis, to ensure >good contact to my card's bracket. I have found that when testing products >that run at clock speeds greater than 1 GHz, the host chassis becomes >critical. > >Any suggestions on manufacturers and/or models that you may have had good >results with would be appreciated. > >Thank you, > > > >Randy Flinders >EMC Test Engineer >Emulex Network Systems
