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tstover
From Birmingham, AL, USA
Who joined Oct. 31, 2011, 7:47 a.m.
Wrote on the subject of origin 300 fan issue at Oct. 31, 2011, 9:07 a.m...
Hi all.

I've got a pair of 4x500mghz CPU 4gb ram 2x 73gb disk origin 300s, a numa cable and irix media. Trying to get this party started. :D Anyway, on console power up (see below) I am informed that 3 fans are failing and so the system shuts down. A look inside (see picture) shows missing fans. Same story on both nodes. How many do I really need? Where would I connected them if I had them? Can I disable this check and just put any old fans in there to keep it cool? Thoughts?

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001c16-L1>env
Environmental monitoring is enabled and running.

Description    State       Warning Limits     Fault Limits       Current
-------------- ----------  -----------------  -----------------  -------
12 IO   Wait Pwr  10%  10.80/ 13.20  20%   9.60/ 14.40    0.00
12 DIG   Wait Pwr  10%  10.80/ 13.20  20%   9.60/ 14.40    0.00
5V   Wait Pwr  10%   4.50/  5.50  20%   4.00/  6.00    0.00
3.3V   Wait Pwr  10%   2.97/  3.63  20%   2.64/  3.96    0.05
5V AUX   Wait Pwr  10%   4.50/  5.50  20%   4.00/  6.00    4.99
3.3V AUX   Wait Pwr  10%   2.97/  3.63  20%   2.64/  3.96    3.42
2.5V   Wait Pwr  10%   2.25/  2.75  20%   2.00/  3.00    0.00
VCPU   Wait Pwr  10%   1.44/  1.76  20%   1.28/  1.92    0.00
1.5V   Wait Pwr  10%   1.35/  1.65  20%   1.20/  1.80    0.00

Description     State       Warning RPM  Current RPM
--------------- ----------  -----------  -----------
FAN  0     LEFT   Wait Pwr         2160            0
FAN  1   CENTER   Wait Pwr         2160            0
FAN  2    RIGHT   Wait Pwr         2160            0
FAN  3       PS   Wait Pwr         2160            0
FAN  4      PS'   Wait Pwr         2160            0

Advisory   Critical   Fault      Current
Description       State       Temp       Temp       Temp       Temp
----------------- ----------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
0 NODE 0           Wait Pwr   Disabled   Disabled   49C/120F   18C/ 64F
1 NODE 1           Wait Pwr   Disabled   Disabled   49C/120F   18C/ 64F

001c16-L1>power up
001c16-L1>
001c16 ATTN: FAN 2 warning limit reached @ 0 RPM.

001c16 ATTN: Environmental redundancy lost.

001c16 ATTN: FAN 0 warning limit reached @ 0 RPM.

001c16 ATTN: FAN 1 warning limit reached @ 0 RPM.

001c16 ATTN: FAN 1 fault limit reached @ 0 RPM.

001c16 ATTN: brick auto power down in 30 seconds

001c16 ATTN: brick auto power down in 25 seconds

001c16 ATTN: brick auto power down in 20 seconds

001c16 ATTN: brick auto power down in 15 seconds

001c16 ATTN: brick auto power down in 10 seconds

001c16 ATTN: brick auto power down in 5 seconds

001c16 ATTN: brick is powering down now!
env
Environmental monitoring is enabled and running.

Description    State       Warning Limits     Fault Limits       Current
-------------- ----------  -----------------  -----------------  -------
12 IO   Wait Pwr  10%  10.80/ 13.20  20%   9.60/ 14.40    0.00
12 DIG   Wait Pwr  10%  10.80/ 13.20  20%   9.60/ 14.40    0.00
5V   Wait Pwr  10%   4.50/  5.50  20%   4.00/  6.00    0.00
3.3V   Wait Pwr  10%   2.97/  3.63  20%   2.64/  3.96    0.05
5V AUX   Wait Pwr  10%   4.50/  5.50  20%   4.00/  6.00    4.97
3.3V AUX   Wait Pwr  10%   2.97/  3.63  20%   2.64/  3.96    3.42
2.5V   Wait Pwr  10%   2.25/  2.75  20%   2.00/  3.00    0.00
VCPU   Wait Pwr  10%   1.44/  1.76  20%   1.28/  1.92    0.00
1.5V   Wait Pwr  10%   1.35/  1.65  20%   1.20/  1.80    0.00

Description     State       Warning RPM  Current RPM
--------------- ----------  -----------  -----------
FAN  0     LEFT   Wait Pwr         2160            0
FAN  1   CENTER   Wait Pwr         2160            0
FAN  2    RIGHT   Wait Pwr         2160            0
FAN  3       PS   Wait Pwr         2160            0
FAN  4      PS'   Wait Pwr         2160            0

Advisory   Critical   Fault      Current
Description       State       Temp       Temp       Temp       Temp
----------------- ----------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
0 NODE 0           Wait Pwr   Disabled   Disabled   49C/120F   21C/ 69F
1 NODE 1           Wait Pwr   Disabled   Disabled   49C/120F   20C/ 68F
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tstover
From Birmingham, AL, USA
Who joined Oct. 31, 2011, 7:47 a.m.
Wrote on the subject of origin 300 fan issue at Oct. 31, 2011, 11:09 a.m...
The picture is a little misleading. What you see is actually just the fan mounting bracket. The fans are absent. I bought these used with the claim that they were pulled from a working environment. I think either the fans were salvaged, or perhaps there were other fans in the cabinet or something. Is it possible to leave the environmental monitoring of the temperatures, just not the fans? That way as long as I was cooling it somehow it might run ok. I'm not sure where the fans would connect to. Is there a header on the motherboard, or power supply? Anyone know?
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tstover
From Birmingham, AL, USA
Who joined Oct. 31, 2011, 7:47 a.m.
Wrote on the subject of origin 300 fan issue at Oct. 31, 2011, 1:41 p.m...
So other than a different pinout, "regular" 3 wire pc fans can be used? I'll give this a try later. How did you figure out which pin is what? I suppose 2 of the 3 will be the DC power so it's probably not that hard to get it wrong. Now to dumpster dive for 6 fans...
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tstover
From Birmingham, AL, USA
Who joined Oct. 31, 2011, 7:47 a.m.
Wrote on the subject of origin 300 fan issue at July 20, 2012, 7:18 a.m...
Well the glacial pace of this project took a huge leap forward last night when I installed a fan set and got past this stage. I ended up just buying some used sgi ones.