On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:38:00 -0700 "Travis Whitehead via RT" <supp...@osuosl.org> said:
> Sorry for the delay in getting back to you on this. > > On Wed Sep 26 10:03:30 2018, ras...@rasterman.com wrote: > > i already checked on the parts. i can buy a fan, but we had a spare > > parts box > > bought and shipped WITH the server and it has a spare fan in it. that > > fan > > should be the correct one according to my checks. if that box of > > spares can be > > found then there is a spare fan sitting on site already. i want to > > know if that > > spare parts box and fan can be/have been found? if not then i can > > order a fan. > > I looked around the NOC today and located the spare fan. > However, I'm a bit confused about the situation. > > I opened up enlightenment5, and there are currently 5 fans present. > All five fans were spinning as expected. I've attached a photo of them > spinning [1]. There is also a slot for a 6th fan which is unoccupied. > > Looking through the ticket history, it appears at one point there was an > indication that FAN4 had failed? > > JJ, did you ever open the box and witness a fan not spinning? > Did you already replace a fan? yes. fan 4 was it... and you reported beeping noises/complaints. i was hunting down the right fan when i noticed we had a spares box with it and it should be there at OSUOSL. > I tested the spare fan and it also works. I wanted to insert this into the > 6th slot in hopes that it would help with the temperature issues, but the > problem is that the sixth connector on the motherboard requires a long > extension cable to reach it. I didn't find one in the spare parts box. > I've attached a second photo [2] of this cable and the connector > (see where my finger is pointing). It's possible we have one of those > cables around somewhere, but I'm not sure yet. I don't think there should be a need. I was under the impression a fan was still broken and beeping and that this needed a fix to ensure cooling and less annoyance for you guys... :) > [1] > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gjT7Fjc9mBbsF7gwOANQWMVaf6h9EDYB/view?usp=sharing > [2] > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1waDXm4RdpHtHIsXrtPQmVp04ggTtfYEA/view?usp=sharing > > -- > Travis Whitehead > Student Systems Engineer > Open Source Lab > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- Carsten Haitzler - ras...@rasterman.com _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
