[rescue] SGI indigo2 boot problem

[Jonathan C. Patschke]

On Sun, 15 Sep 2002, Walter Belgers wrote:

> Maybe I got only one of the three boards. It's a 030-8202-005 rev. E.

That's XL graphics.  If there are lots of unused solder-pads, you have
XL8 (8-bit entry).  If not, you have XL24 (24-bit entry).  If you bought
the system based on the notion that it contained Extreme gfx, I think
you ought to ask for your money back.  Extreme is --much-- faster than
XL.

> Yes, bank #0. Otherwise it will complain about the RAM. I don't know
> much about the SIMMs (parity, speed) but they are 4x 4Mb.

They need to be true parity (not logic-parity), 80ns or faster.  Beyond
that, the system isn't too fussy.

> Did that, doesn't work. :( Probably a dead system then, I'll ask the
> previous owner if he knows more. Thanks for the help so far.

It sounds like it, unfortunately.  It could be something as simple as a
fuse, but, given that the seller has already misrepresented the gfx
option, I think it would be best to return it.

-- 
Jonathan Patschke
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