IBM RS/6000 43P-140 specific notes
Machines of this type were quite popular towards the end of the 1990s,
for general desktop workstation use and in particular for CATIA,
provided enough RAM and a decent graphics card (GXT550,GXT800,GXT2000).
They certainly won't win a beauty contest (IMHO) but they were/are reasonably
priced workhorses.
I have foreseen it mainly as an AIX 4.3.3 reference machine,
Pixx
Front views:
Views inside:
The rear side:
RAM
The DIMMs for models 140, 240 and 150 have FRUs as follows
(excerpt from Install & Service Guide (pdf)):
| |
140 |
240 |
150 |
| 16MB |
42H2772 (1-6) |
42H2772 (2-8) |
|
| 32MB |
42H2773 (1-6) |
42H2773 (2-8) |
|
| 64MB |
42H2774 (1-6) |
42H2774 (2-8) |
19L1808 (1-4) |
| 128MB |
93H6823 (1-6) |
93H6822 (2-8) |
19L1809 (1-4) |
| 256MB |
|
|
29L3302 (1-4) |
The numbers in parantheses indicate how many of the respective modules
can be installed. An even minimum number indicates that the modules
must be installed in pairs of equal capacity.
Tape drive
Same comments as for the 43P-240 apply.
CPU fan
These are parts which tend to get noisy (or even break) over time.
Mine was a "SUNON KDE1205PFB2-8 DC12V 0.7W" and could be replaced
with a PC-type fan (Pentium class).
Last updated: 13-Apr-2010,
M.Kraemer
