Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!emory!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!gp.govt.nz!zl2tnm!don From: don@zl2tnm.gp.govt.nz (Don Stokes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: More MVII Hardware Help Message-ID: Date: 23 Oct 90 18:01:01 GMT References: <1990Oct15.211521.620@spcvxb.spc.edu> Organization: Me? Organised? Lines: 30 terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr) writes: [Flaming power harnesses on BA23s] > Ok. Here's the complete scoop (and by the way, BA123's *are* also affected): > > Box Bad cable Good cable FCO Kit p/n Status Cost USMLP Date > ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ------ ---------- ----- > BA23-AX,BX 70-20450-01 17-01311-01 EQ-01427-01 I, N/A N/A 12/86 > BA23-C/D 70-20450-02 17-01312-01 EQ-01467-01 I, N/A $34.00 07/87 > BA123 17-00865-01 17-01311-02 EQ-01468-01 I, N/A N/A 01/88 The good news is that DEC presented me with a new power harness cable today, free of charge (or freight -- it hitched a lift with our friendly DEC Field Service Person who was attending to a slightly malfunctioning 8550). The bad news is that the part they gave me is P/N 17-01311-02 (ie the part for a BA123), not -01 (the BA23 part), and no matter what contortions I try, it physically will not reach between the connectors on the power supply and the BA23's backplane. I didn't think it looked quite right, and questioned it on taking delivery (but didn't have part numbers on me at the time, and was more concerned about the ailing VAX). Sigh. Don Stokes, ZL2TNM / / Home: don@zl2tnm.gp.govt.nz Systems Programmer /GP/ Government Printing Office Work: don@gp.govt.nz __________________/ /__Wellington, New Zealand_____or:_PSI%(5301)47000028::DON