Digital Celebris GL 6200 / Digital PC 5400
The Celebris GL 6200 was DECs higher-end PC offering in the mid 90s and the successor to the earlier Celebris line.
It features a 180MHz or 200MHz Pentium PRO CPU, onboard Matrox Millenium 2MB video, DEC 21143 Ethernet,
ESS1888 Audio, USB and optional SCSI. In September 1997 it was renamed to the Digital PC 5400 selling for US$2,088.
There was also a dual-processor variant of the Celebris GL, the Celebris GL 6200i². This model used a different
though very similar motherboard with two CPU sockets installed rather than only one in the single processor
model.
I purchased my machine from Trademe in October 2005 for NZ$32 (incl. $22 shipping).
After buying it I never really did a lot with it besides install Windows 2000.
It came with a 2GB Quantum Fireball IDE hard disk, 96MB of RAM, an additional 2MB of video RAM,
and a Pragmatic PCI modem.
Power Supply
As of 19 January 2024 everything was working except the CD-ROM drive after over 18 years in storage,
though the hard disk had a little difficulty spinning up at first. When tested again 8 days later a MOSFET?
in the power supply failed with a bang. When the PSU was removed a small chunk of it fell out (pictured).
A nearby resistor looks to have been a little toasty so possbily the MOSFET failing was a symptom of a problem
elsewhere. That means currently the machine is in need of a new Power Supply.
The original is a Lite-On PS-5151-1F (DEC part 30-47642-01) 145W with an ATX connector and the unusual
dimensions of around 105mm wide, 71mm high, 155mm deep. This is a little bit larger than Mini-ITX/Flex-ATX,
while being somewhat smaller in depth than TFX. A solution, if the original PSU can't be repaired, may be
to mount a Flex-ATX PSU inside the case of the old PSU to retain the hard disk mounting bracket which
attaches to power supply.
Compatible PSUs, if they could be found, likely include API-7521 (30-48944-01) seen in a Digital PC 3500.
Documentation & Drivers
