90 degree Enet cables (Was Re: SUMMARY: Second Etherboard in PI)

[Dave Krysler]

In article <1991Jun10.192757.13212 at odin.corp.sgi.com>, jweldon at sgi.com (Jack P. Weldon) writes:
> In article <9106082201.AA10957 at nazgul.physics.mcgill.ca> loki at NAZGUL.PHYSICS.MCGILL.CA (Loki Jorgenson) writes:
|
| [discussion about second ethernet board in a PI]
|
|       The physical design of the board is lacking.  The surface of the
| board, as it rises above the connector backplane, extends 1.5" closer to
| the back of the cabinet than normal.  Consequently, once the standard SGI Ether
| cable is installed, you don't have a hope in hell of closing the box
| again. .

        I recently installed a second card in my new 4d25 running 3.3.2  

  I constantly had problems with the connector coming off and usually

  would have it come off when I reinstalled the cover.  Finally I had my

  SGI repairman (They will help if at all possible.) remove the connector

  from the plate that extends from the back of the PI.  The web belt hangs

  down about a inch and the problems disapeared two months ago.  Its easy

  to do and works great.

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