xserve options

Rob0115 · Jan 12, 2013, 12:20 PM

I have a late 2006 dual 2.66 GHZ Xeon xserve. I was wondering if the internals of it can be put in another case for example a MacPro or PowerMac case. I realize I'd lose the hot swap riser, but that's not the biggest deal. Just using for file serving and time machine backup.

Worst case I can stick in a closet and let it run there.

thanks,
Rob

ezramoore · Jan 12, 2013, 12:24 PM

I can't say definitively, but I doubt it.

What are you hoping to achieve by doing this?

Rob0115 · Jan 12, 2013, 12:35 PM

The xserve redundant power supplies are super noisy. Just don't need a rack server so I thought I'd gut it.

I guess I'll sell it for a couple hundred bucks.

derbothaus · Jan 12, 2013, 01:27 PM

Those boards are fairly massively flat and long. You'd need to do a stupid amount of work for internals that may not be worth $300.00 anymore.

Rob0115 · Jan 12, 2013, 01:56 PM

Agreed, listed it f/s. I'm using an old mini to just serve as time machine.

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Rob0115 macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2013	xserve options I have a late 2006 dual 2.66 GHZ Xeon xserve. I was wondering if the internals of it can be put in another case for example a MacPro or PowerMac case. I realize I'd lose the hot swap riser, but that's not the biggest deal. Just using for file serving and time machine backup. Worst case I can stick in a closet and let it run there. thanks, Rob
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derbothaus macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jul 2010	Those boards are fairly massively flat and long. You'd need to do a stupid amount of work for internals that may not be worth $300.00 anymore. __________________ Mac Pro W3680, GTX 680 2GB, 12GB DDR3, SSD; MBP Mid 2012, 2.6GHz Core i7, 16GB DDR3, SSD
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Jan 12, 2013, 12:24 PM	#2
ezramoore macrumors 6502a Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Washington State	I can't say definitively, but I doubt it. What are you hoping to achieve by doing this?
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Jan 12, 2013, 12:35 PM	#3
Rob0115 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2013	The xserve redundant power supplies are super noisy. Just don't need a rack server so I thought I'd gut it. I guess I'll sell it for a couple hundred bucks.
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Jan 12, 2013, 01:56 PM	#5
Rob0115 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2013	Agreed, listed it f/s. I'm using an old mini to just serve as time machine.
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