[Tfug] [tfug] Sun Ultra 5 UPA port?

[Jude Nelson]

My U5 has an integrated 16MB ATI Rage 215GP (mach64 chipset), so I can run
it with a head with some video memory to spare.  The weird thing is, Sun's
manuals explicitly state that the U5 does NOT have a UPA port!  I'm just
curious as to how it got there, and if it's even active.

Regards,
Jude Neslson

On 5/14/07, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi, Jude,
>
> > I recently acquired a used Sun Ultra 5 workstation
> > (series 3 (i.e. can
> > support the 400 MHz UltraSPARC IIi module and 50ns
> > RAM)).  Looking at its
> > board, it seems to have a UPA graphics port.  This
> > would make sense, because
> > it's the same board as the Ultra 10, and the Ultra
> > 10 usually ships with a
> > Creator3D or an Elite3D UPA card.  Has anyone ever
> > heard of someone running
> > a UPA graphics card on an Ultra 5?  There isn't a
> > gap on the back of the
> > chassis for one to fit, but that can be changed :)
> > I'm not sure whether or
> > not the UPA port is physically enabled, however--can
> > anyone confirm this?
>
> I don't bother keeping track of the various names
> for the slots, etc. on Sun kit  :<  (life is too
> short!).  I run an ultra5 with the onboard video
> (perhaps it is called m64?) and an ultra10 with
> the same configuration (I pulled the creator 3D card
> from the U10 since I run it headless, anyway, and
> why waste more power running a 3D card with nothing
> attached?!  :>  )
>
> Note that the height of the U5 chassis is probably
> *not* sufficient for a 3D card to fit with the cover
> closed.  If you want to run it with a head, a better
> bet is to just grab a U10 instead!
>
> Or, something *other* that a U{5,10} that isn't
> shckled with a crappy IDE interface!
>
> --don
>
>
>
>
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