IIRC, F700 had problems with proximity of the onboard FCAL and Ethernet chips resulting in silent data corruption out of the onboard FCAL. The fix was to
- Use a PCI FCAL card
- Replace cables and terminators on the FCAL with higher grade components. There was also an LRC recall on FC7/8 shelves.
With all that, it was pretty solid and I don't remember any effort to get them out of the field. It was the flagship product when I started in 2000, and was still sold about a year later, even after introduction of F840.
Peter
From: toasters-bounces@teaparty.net [mailto:toasters-bounces@teaparty.net] On Behalf Of tmac Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 10:21 AM To: Christian Ortiz Cc: toasters@teaparty.net Subject: Re: Firing up an old F760...
Jeff....you of all must remember the hardware issue with the F700 series. FoxConn made a significant mistake when fabricating all the 700 series boards.
There were a number of conditions that automatically generated a fix-on failure by support. In fact, I think the F700 series was one of the shortest life-cycles I've seen.
There were significant promotions to get the F700 platform out of the field...
--tmac
Tim McCarthy Principal Consultant
On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Christian Ortiz <cortiz@berkcom.commailto:cortiz@berkcom.com> wrote: Hello Jeff,
The F760 was a work horse back in its day so it should boot right up : ) I would be careful replacing the NVRAM and Motherboard batteries as the plastic housing on these got very brittle over the years. If you have access to compressed air it would be a good idea to try to blow as much of the dust off of the motherboard and fans before booting it back up. Also these F760 power supplies where notorious for the pull handle screws to break off inside the power supplies, would be a good idea to pull the power supplies out and give them a good shake to see if you can hear anything rattling.
Good Luck!!
Thanks Christian
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From: toasters-bounces@teaparty.netmailto:toasters-bounces@teaparty.net [mailto:toasters-bounces@teaparty.netmailto:toasters-bounces@teaparty.net] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Mohler Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 9:39 AM To: toasters@teaparty.netmailto:toasters@teaparty.net Subject: Firing up an old F760...
This could be fun...and old F760 with say, 4 shelves of 36G drives..
Replace the NVRAM battery, check power supplies for leaking capacitor oil...reseat cards and DIMMS... What're the odds it'll work, and any other fire-prevention steps to take? :)
-Cheers
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