NeXT Dimension Question

From: Jeffrey H. Ingber <jingber_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Wed Oct 30 20:08:00 2002

I have two NeXT monitors, one color and one mono which are running off
the 040 Cube with the ND. I'd like to be able to use the mono 17" on my
030 and run the color 17" off the 040 ND Cube with a sound box alone.
I'm not _entirely_ sure that it's an issue with PSU or with the board
itself, but I suspect the PSU may be the culprit.

I remember reading somewhere that early Cubes required some type of
dummy load to run headless. I think this is the same issue as with the
ND/soundbox setup.


Jeff


On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 20:46, James Rice wrote:
> I've never seen a PSU serial cutoff, just the Cube serial itself.
> I've looked at all of my cubes (I have 4 here at the moment, 2 are
> Dimensions) but they all have been changed to the later type with
> floppy, hard drive and optical drive mounting holes. I'm running all of
> mine dual heads without soundboxes, so it's never been an issue for me.
>
> James
>
> Jeffrey H. Ingber wrote:
>
> >>From what I understand, there is a range of PSUs which fall in a certain
> >set of serial numbers which are incompatible with a ND color board.
> >Does anyone know which specific PSUs are capable of powering the ND
> >board correctly?
> >
> >The only information I'm able to find is the serial #s of the compatible
> >systems themselves, not the serial #s of the PSU.
> >
> >Can anyone provide some clarifican on this subject?
> >
> >>From http://www.vamp.org/NeXT/old-nd-articles.txt:
> >
> >If your customer has a NeXTcube with a serial number lower than
> >AAK0016370, the system will only run with both monochrome display and a
> >color display connected. Should a customer want to stop using the
> >MegaPixel monochrome display and replace
> > it with a NeXT Sound Box to use only a color display, the customer must
> >replace the power supply in the NeXTcube by purchasing the Power Supply
> >Upgrade Kit.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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>
Received on Wed Oct 30 2002 - 20:08:00 GMT

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