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PE 6300 Perc 2 controller replacment 44TXF Compatability?
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I purchased a used 6300 off of ebay and was setting up a sharepoint site with it for my kids lego team at school.
The perc2 controller went down on a battery fault. I had a couple other perc2 controllers, and got system running on one of them.
Problem is that the two I had, the batteries looked worse than the one I put in the server originally. I am thinking I am going to have the same problem very shortly.
I was looking for a page that showed how to do a solder replacement and what batteries to by to do the replacement my self, but did not find anything. Does anyone know?
Also I was looking on ebay for additional controllers, and found a 44TXF perc2 controller, that appears to be a later design, with a replaceable battery pack.
This looks like a good solution to the problem, but is the 44TXF compatible with the 6300? I found a site that said it was compatible with a 6400.
OS is 2003 SBS
SYSTEM INFO:
System Type: PowerEdge 6300
Ship Date: 2/17/1999
Dell IBU: Americas
1 04318 KIT, CABLE, POWER, REDUNDANT, 6300
1 37087 CABLE, DORADO/ATHENS/TUALATIN/ALMODOR, SCSI3, INTERNAL, P4300/P6300
1 4442C PRINTED WIRING ASSY, CONTROLLER, PANEL, SYSTEM BOARD, POWEREDGE
1 5517E CHASSIS, SUB ASSY, SERVER, SERVER CHASSIS, P6300/P4300
1 56580 PRINTED WIRING ASSY, PLANAR (MOTHERBOARD), DESCHUTES, P6300, POWEREDGE
1 56584 PRINTED WIRING ASSY, MEMORY BOARD, MEMORY, CARD (CIRCUIT), 4GB, P6300, POWEREDGE
1 57502 PRINTED WIRING ASSY, POWER SUPPLY PARALLELING BOARD, POWEREDGE
1 6542C CABLE, SCSI-1, INTERNAL, P4300/P6300
3 88806 POWER SUPPLY, 320W, 3.3V, POWER FACTOR CORRECTION, BLIND
1 8894D PROCESSOR MODULE, 80523, 450M, 512K, SLOT 2, B1
1 90658 PRINTED WIRING ASSY, PLANAR (MOTHERBOARD), HOT PLUG PCI (PC INTERFACE), P6300, POWEREDGE
1 2642C CORD, POWER, 1ML, 3FEM, P4330/P6300
1 3656E KIT, COMPACT DISKETTE, SERVER ASSISTANT, V4.1.0
3 48530 CORD, POWER, 14GA, XE+/EMS+
1 9284P TECHNICAL SHEET, MANAGEX SPECIAL EDITION, CONTACT, ENGLAND/ENGLISH
1 84191 MOUSE, PERSONAL SYSTEM 2, 6P, 2BTN, LOGITECH
2 83927 ASSEMBLY, BRACKET, ADAPTER, RACK KIT
1 4574E ADAPTER, ALTERNATING CURRENT, UNIVERSAL, EXTERNAL, DELL REMOTE ASSISTANT CARD II
1 6780D KEYBOARD, 104, 6P, UNITED STATES, WINDOWS 95, MECHANICAL, CMOS4
4 24383 DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE, 256, 50N, 32X72, 4K, 168,
1 5120C PRINTED WIRING ASSY, INTERFACE, BACKPLANE, 1X6, UL2, POWEREDGE
3 8894D PROCESSOR MODULE, 80523, 450M, 512K, SLOT 2, B1
1 0703C COMPACT DISK DRIVE, 680M, S, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, HALF HEIGHT, NO CONTROLLER/NO CABLES, 14/32X, BLACK
1 19877 MODEM, 56K, PC MEMORY CARD INTL. ASSOC., FORM FACTOR, PSION DACOM, WORLD WIDE
1 45289 KIT, DOCUMENTATON ON FLOPPY DISK, MODEM, 56K, PC MEMORY CARD INTL. ASSOC., WORLD WIDE
1 48530 CORD, POWER, 14GA, XE+/EMS+
1 2810C CARD (CIRCUIT), PLANAR (MOTHERBOARD), REMOTE SYSTEM MANAGER, DELL REMOTE ASSISTANT CARD II, V2.0, LENGTH/LONG
1 14924 CABLE, DORADO/ATHENS/TUALATIN/ALMODOR, 34P, FLAT, FLOPPY DRIVE, P4300/P6300
1 3201D FLOPPY DRIVE, 1.44M, 3.5" FORM FACTOR, HALF HEIGHT, NO CONTROLLER/NO CABLES, 3MD, NEC CORPORATION, BLACK
2 7542C CABLE, DORADO/ATHENS/TUALATIN/ALMODOR, SCSI3, INT/EXT, P43/P63
5 9631C HARD DRIVE, 9G, S, 3.5" FORM FACTOR, 1", 80P, LVD10K, SEAGATE
1 0650E ASSEMBLY, CARD (CIRCUIT), POWEREDGE EXPANDABLE RAID CONTROLLER NUMBER, 2, PCI/2, 64-BIT
1 9961E DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE, 64, 50N, 8X72, 4K, ERROR CORRECTION CODE, 168
1 19098 CABLE, DORADO/ATHENS/TUALATIN/ALMODOR, SCSI3, DLT, P4300/P6300
1 54860 KIT, DOCUMENTATION, TAPE BACKUP UNIT, DLT7000, ACCESSORY
1 8400E TAPE BACKUP UNIT, 35/70G, FULL HEIGHT, NO CONTROLLER/WITH CABLES, 7000, BLACK, V2
1 12091 CARD (CIRCUIT), NETWORK, ETHERNET, PC INTERFACE, PRO/100+, AFT
I purchased a used 6300 off of ebay and was setting up a sharepoint site with it for my kids lego team at school.
The perc2 controller went down on a battery fault. I had a couple other perc2 controllers, and got system running on one of them.
Problem is that the two I had, the batteries looked worse than the one I put in the server originally. I am thinking I am going to have the same problem very shortly.
I was looking for a page that showed how to do a solder replacement and what batteries to by to do the replacement my self, but did not find anything. Does anyone know?
Also I was looking on ebay for additional controllers, and found a 44TXF perc2 controller, that appears to be a later design, with a replaceable battery pack.
This looks like a good solution to the problem, but is the 44TXF compatible with the 6300? I found a site that said it was compatible with a 6400.
OS is 2003 SBS
SYSTEM INFO:
System Type: PowerEdge 6300
Ship Date: 2/17/1999
Dell IBU: Americas
1 04318 KIT, CABLE, POWER, REDUNDANT, 6300
1 37087 CABLE, DORADO/ATHENS/TUALATIN/ALMODOR, SCSI3, INTERNAL, P4300/P6300
1 4442C PRINTED WIRING ASSY, CONTROLLER, PANEL, SYSTEM BOARD, POWEREDGE
1 5517E CHASSIS, SUB ASSY, SERVER, SERVER CHASSIS, P6300/P4300
1 56580 PRINTED WIRING ASSY, PLANAR (MOTHERBOARD), DESCHUTES, P6300, POWEREDGE
1 56584 PRINTED WIRING ASSY, MEMORY BOARD, MEMORY, CARD (CIRCUIT), 4GB, P6300, POWEREDGE
1 57502 PRINTED WIRING ASSY, POWER SUPPLY PARALLELING BOARD, POWEREDGE
1 6542C CABLE, SCSI-1, INTERNAL, P4300/P6300
3 88806 POWER SUPPLY, 320W, 3.3V, POWER FACTOR CORRECTION, BLIND
1 8894D PROCESSOR MODULE, 80523, 450M, 512K, SLOT 2, B1
1 90658 PRINTED WIRING ASSY, PLANAR (MOTHERBOARD), HOT PLUG PCI (PC INTERFACE), P6300, POWEREDGE
1 2642C CORD, POWER, 1ML, 3FEM, P4330/P6300
1 3656E KIT, COMPACT DISKETTE, SERVER ASSISTANT, V4.1.0
3 48530 CORD, POWER, 14GA, XE+/EMS+
1 9284P TECHNICAL SHEET, MANAGEX SPECIAL EDITION, CONTACT, ENGLAND/ENGLISH
1 84191 MOUSE, PERSONAL SYSTEM 2, 6P, 2BTN, LOGITECH
2 83927 ASSEMBLY, BRACKET, ADAPTER, RACK KIT
1 4574E ADAPTER, ALTERNATING CURRENT, UNIVERSAL, EXTERNAL, DELL REMOTE ASSISTANT CARD II
1 6780D KEYBOARD, 104, 6P, UNITED STATES, WINDOWS 95, MECHANICAL, CMOS4
4 24383 DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE, 256, 50N, 32X72, 4K, 168,
1 5120C PRINTED WIRING ASSY, INTERFACE, BACKPLANE, 1X6, UL2, POWEREDGE
3 8894D PROCESSOR MODULE, 80523, 450M, 512K, SLOT 2, B1
1 0703C COMPACT DISK DRIVE, 680M, S, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, HALF HEIGHT, NO CONTROLLER/NO CABLES, 14/32X, BLACK
1 19877 MODEM, 56K, PC MEMORY CARD INTL. ASSOC., FORM FACTOR, PSION DACOM, WORLD WIDE
1 45289 KIT, DOCUMENTATON ON FLOPPY DISK, MODEM, 56K, PC MEMORY CARD INTL. ASSOC., WORLD WIDE
1 48530 CORD, POWER, 14GA, XE+/EMS+
1 2810C CARD (CIRCUIT), PLANAR (MOTHERBOARD), REMOTE SYSTEM MANAGER, DELL REMOTE ASSISTANT CARD II, V2.0, LENGTH/LONG
1 14924 CABLE, DORADO/ATHENS/TUALATIN/ALMODOR, 34P, FLAT, FLOPPY DRIVE, P4300/P6300
1 3201D FLOPPY DRIVE, 1.44M, 3.5" FORM FACTOR, HALF HEIGHT, NO CONTROLLER/NO CABLES, 3MD, NEC CORPORATION, BLACK
2 7542C CABLE, DORADO/ATHENS/TUALATIN/ALMODOR, SCSI3, INT/EXT, P43/P63
5 9631C HARD DRIVE, 9G, S, 3.5" FORM FACTOR, 1", 80P, LVD10K, SEAGATE
1 0650E ASSEMBLY, CARD (CIRCUIT), POWEREDGE EXPANDABLE RAID CONTROLLER NUMBER, 2, PCI/2, 64-BIT
1 9961E DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE, 64, 50N, 8X72, 4K, ERROR CORRECTION CODE, 168
1 19098 CABLE, DORADO/ATHENS/TUALATIN/ALMODOR, SCSI3, DLT, P4300/P6300
1 54860 KIT, DOCUMENTATION, TAPE BACKUP UNIT, DLT7000, ACCESSORY
1 8400E TAPE BACKUP UNIT, 35/70G, FULL HEIGHT, NO CONTROLLER/WITH CABLES, 7000, BLACK, V2
1 12091 CARD (CIRCUIT), NETWORK, ETHERNET, PC INTERFACE, PRO/100+, AFT
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DELL-GaryS
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August 13th, 2007 22:00
O/S to use this card, unless you had installed on a single hard drive in which case you can import the foreign disk as a RAID 0.