Well guys I know that this list is really for Gentoo-mips issues but it
seems to be the most informed group I have access top or want to access,
How's that for some stroking :).
Anyway here's my sad tale.
Bought an SGI Octane off of Ebay for $53.00 USD (VERY COOL) It arrived
via UPS could have been cool but they treated it like a football. The
grab handle on the PSU had one sheared bolt and the other was bent
beyond fixing. All the ram was in the bottom of the processor tray and
was jamming the tray from coming out. got all that taken care of and
then I noticed that several of the ram slots were damaged from the abuse
the case took at the hands of UPS. the small brown tangs that help guide
the ram into the slots were broken off. This really pissed me off,
anyway longer story short. I've filed a damage claim on it, have since
received the Lacie External CD-RW I also got off Ebay and the proper
cable and also received the never installed nor registered copy of Irix
6.5.xx also from Ebay, as well as the Kb and mouse.
Now here's my question... I have it hooked up to my BenQ 23W LCD screen
on the VGA input and when I try to boot the thing I get nothing just a
black screen. Is there a key sequence similar to a PC for accessing the
BIOS or setup routine? or should I grab one of my CRTs and use that? I
really hope someone can help me or let me know how to determine just how
dead this poor little fella is.
Regards
Richard
Hope someone can help :'(
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seems to be the most informed group I have access top or want to access,
How's that for some stroking :).
Anyway here's my sad tale.
Bought an SGI Octane off of Ebay for $53.00 USD (VERY COOL) It arrived
via UPS could have been cool but they treated it like a football. The
grab handle on the PSU had one sheared bolt and the other was bent
beyond fixing. All the ram was in the bottom of the processor tray and
was jamming the tray from coming out. got all that taken care of and
then I noticed that several of the ram slots were damaged from the abuse
the case took at the hands of UPS. the small brown tangs that help guide
the ram into the slots were broken off. This really pissed me off,
anyway longer story short. I've filed a damage claim on it, have since
received the Lacie External CD-RW I also got off Ebay and the proper
cable and also received the never installed nor registered copy of Irix
6.5.xx also from Ebay, as well as the Kb and mouse.
Now here's my question... I have it hooked up to my BenQ 23W LCD screen
on the VGA input and when I try to boot the thing I get nothing just a
black screen. Is there a key sequence similar to a PC for accessing the
BIOS or setup routine? or should I grab one of my CRTs and use that? I
really hope someone can help me or let me know how to determine just how
dead this poor little fella is.
Regards
Richard
Hope someone can help :'(
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