IBM PC Server 500

From: Chad Fernandez <fernande_at_internet1.net>
Date: Mon Feb 18 23:36:29 2002

Musicman38 wrote:
>
> Thank You everyone for all the Information on my PC Server 500 find.
> I found the manual on the IBM site as suggested by a kind soul here.
>
> I may just go ahead and see if I can repair the PS, as it did not smoke when
> it went out, it just popped, so it may be possible as someone suggested that
> it's just a fuse inside the PS. I now have to locate a special hex screw
> driver, as the screws are hex with a tiny post in the middle of the screw.

Safety Torx is what I think they are called. They aren't really hex are
they? Usually IBM uses Torx. I've heard of people using something very
hard, like a punch, to break the small stud off. They then use a
regular torx bit to unscrew it. I don't worry about it, since I have
the proper bits. I got them at a flee market type thing, However.

>
> However is it anything more than just a Intel Pentium 90 that has 6 SCSI
> 2.25 Gig hard drives on it ? Can it do anything special other than run RAID
> ?

Well, it is an all Microchannel machine, it's the "biggest" "best" IBM
PS/2.

Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Received on Mon Feb 18 2002 - 23:36:29 GMT