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Offline jayray999

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Rackmounting the Compaq MX11800
« on: Thu, 12 May 2011, 10:17:49 »
I own a Compaq MX11800 that I absolutely love. Unfortunately it did not come with any mounting rails. Any ideas for a compatible sliding solution for a standard 19" server rack? I bought a generic drawer on *BAY but it proved to be just a tad too small. Anyone have a solution including if you own (but do not use) the original rails and would like to sell them to me. Thanks.
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Offline The Solutor

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« Reply #1 on: Thu, 12 May 2011, 10:24:55 »
Too small in what direction ?

Do you mean 1U tray is not enough ?

There are 2U trays like this, which is expensive, but I'm sure than something less expensive will be not too hard to find.
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Offline jayray999

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« Reply #2 on: Thu, 12 May 2011, 10:32:51 »
The keyboard is 16-1/4" wide x 7-1/2" deep while the cavity of the tray I got is 15-7/8" x 7-1/2" so the width is about 3/8" off and the depth is a close fit. The seller advertised the wrong dimensions.
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Offline The Solutor

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« Reply #3 on: Thu, 12 May 2011, 10:40:21 »
So this one should fit your requirements http://www.mountsandmore.com/asp/show_detail.asp?sku=DF1785

If the specs are correct, obviously.
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Offline False_Dmitry_II

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« Reply #4 on: Thu, 12 May 2011, 11:08:58 »
Well, I'd get my money back in that case. It isn't that it turns out to not be what you needed. It turned out that it was wrong to begin with.
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Offline jayray999

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« Reply #5 on: Thu, 12 May 2011, 12:47:42 »
Thanks guys. He somehow sent the outer dimensions. Anyway, I will either get the one Solutor suggests or perform keyboard surgery with a hacksaw and some silicone.
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Offline Mr. Perfect

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« Reply #6 on: Thu, 12 May 2011, 15:38:13 »
Rather then hack up the keyboard, could you hack up the tray? Maybe mount the keyboard straight to the rails and ditch the tray part?
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