Indigo2 Graphics cards, PSU, & Phobos G160 GIO64 card layout planning and issues.
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Indigo2 Graphics cards, PSU, & Phobos G160 GIO64 card layout planning and issues.
Hi All,
I can no longer find any documentation about the Phobos G160 install guidelines.

I have an extra Solid IMPACT with attached Video-4-IMPACT card that I eventually want to install in an Indigo2 R10K Solid IMPACT machine.  Which means I can either replace the current solid IMPACT card with this card or I can install them in tandem.  But the machine has a G160 already installed.

So, I thought the Indigo2 GIO64 bus was only two busses with a pair of ports on each bus.  Can I "share" a Phobos G160 with one of the solid IMPACT cards?  I thought I saw something years ago that said not to do this...but I cannot find any real document that proves otherwise.

I thought they would all "fit" as a SOLID IMPACT only takes a single board slot of space, so I should be able to push the G160 right next to a SOLID IMPACT and properly seat the connectors.

Also it currently runs a 060-8002-xxx PSU, I asked Ian a while ago if this was normal for R10K machine, he said it was.  The info I have claims an R4400 machine can do DUAL SOLID IMPACT with this PSU, but of course I'm talking about an R10K and 
I've never even SEEN a 060-0027-xxx Indigo2 PSU for sale (outside of Ian's listing) in all my 20+ years of collecting SGIs.  So that's unlikely.

Anyone tried something like this combination of a DUAL headed SOLID IMPACT with VIDEO IO with a G160 in an R10K Indigo2?

Advice?
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Indigo2 Graphics cards, PSU, & Phobos G160 GIO64 card layout planning and issues. - by weblacky - 01-02-2021, 02:19 AM
RE: Indigo2 Graphics cards, PSU, & Phobos G160 GIO64 card layout planning and issues. - by robespierre - 01-02-2021, 08:55 AM
RE: Indigo2 Graphics cards, PSU, & Phobos G160 GIO64 card layout planning and issues. - by Trippynet - 01-02-2021, 01:21 PM
RE: Indigo2 Graphics cards, PSU, & Phobos G160 GIO64 card layout planning and issues. - by robespierre - 01-02-2021, 02:23 PM
RE: Indigo2 Graphics cards, PSU, & Phobos G160 GIO64 card layout planning and issues. - by weblacky - 01-02-2021, 03:39 PM
RE: Indigo2 Graphics cards, PSU, & Phobos G160 GIO64 card layout planning and issues. - by Trippynet - 01-02-2021, 05:29 PM
RE: Indigo2 Graphics cards, PSU, & Phobos G160 GIO64 card layout planning and issues. - by Irinikus - 01-02-2021, 06:35 PM
RE: Indigo2 Graphics cards, PSU, & Phobos G160 GIO64 card layout planning and issues. - by Trippynet - 01-02-2021, 07:25 PM
RE: Indigo2 Graphics cards, PSU, & Phobos G160 GIO64 card layout planning and issues. - by Irinikus - 01-02-2021, 07:31 PM
RE: Indigo2 Graphics cards, PSU, & Phobos G160 GIO64 card layout planning and issues. - by sunray - 01-03-2021, 12:08 AM
RE: Indigo2 Graphics cards, PSU, & Phobos G160 GIO64 card layout planning and issues. - by weblacky - 01-03-2021, 12:12 AM
RE: Indigo2 Graphics cards, PSU, & Phobos G160 GIO64 card layout planning and issues. - by sunray - 01-03-2021, 12:29 AM
RE: Indigo2 Graphics cards, PSU, & Phobos G160 GIO64 card layout planning and issues. - by weblacky - 01-03-2021, 12:48 AM

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