[Cialug] perc 6/e battery placement

[David Champion]

That is un-possible, they would never send the wrong part.

I'd guess it's a different revision of the same part number.

-dc

On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Barry Von Ahsen <barry at vonahsen.com> wrote:

> I'm hoping not to have to MacGuyver something up :)
>
> the battery->dimm cable is pretty long, so I could wedge it somewhere in
> the case, but that seems like the wrong solution (esp. knowing how
> temperamental the airflow in some servers is)
>
>
> -barry
>
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>
>
> Josh More wrote:
>
>> Rubber band?
>>
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>> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 16:22
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>> Subject: [Cialug] perc 6/e battery placement
>>
>> I've got a perc 6/e card like here:
>>
>>
>> http://public.support.unisys.com/pcproducts/esx/docs/DellDocs5.4/en/Perc6i_6e/chapterd.htm#wp1063488
>>
>>
>> but the plastic placeholder for the BBU won't fit over the battery - so
>> where does the battery go?  it could balance if it was vertical, but
>> since it's laying down, and the battery is on the bottom, it would fall
>> through.  the battery is the exact same size as the plastic bit, but has
>> no clips, so what attaches the battery to the dimm?
>>
>> did dell send the wrong stuff? (I know, that'd be a first)
>>
>>
>> pics for clarity:
>> http://vonahsen.com/perc/20110204_001.jpg
>> http://vonahsen.com/perc/20110204_002.jpg
>> http://vonahsen.com/perc/20110204_003.jpg
>> http://vonahsen.com/perc/20110204_004.jpg
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>> -barry
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