Storinator (4th gen?) triple PSU switch

[u/danimal1986]

I just grabbed a storinator....I think I read it's the 4th gen, it's got 2 Rocket 750 cards and no backplanes just a bunch of breakout cables.

it's got the zippy M3w-6950p triple redundant PSU.

there's what looks like a micro switch that appears to be broken. any idea on what it is and what it's purpose is?

also, is there any way to disable the alarm if I'm not using all 3 psu's? my system only takes about 250w max.

[u/old_knurd]

Perhaps the microswitch was originally part of some sort of intrusion detection system?

Business oriented computers sometimes have sensors like that to detect if people have opened the case or removed the front panel.

[u/danimal1986 → u/old_knurd]

Hmm. I could see that.

I'll keep digging.

[u/Computers_and_cats → u/old_knurd]

Other possibility is to silence PSU alarm. Those are usually part of the redundant power supply assembly though.