[Kl0neMan]

Greetings new users, and welcome to the forums.

It would be wise to read the FAQ I wrote here:

https://wiki.irixnet.org/IRIX_and_SGI_FAQ

Thank you for allowing me access to the system.  I have read the instructive FAQ, and would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself and reveal why I am here.

 I am a recently retired engineer who used SGI's in his former life. I have collected a few of them for use at home. I currently have a pair of indigos, an indigo 2, a pair of Indys, and an Octane.

The Octane has developed a failure to recognize its network connections, so I am scouring the internet looking for sources of information on what themes probably problem might be, and how to go about repairing it. (before being an engineer, I was an electronics technician, so I can still handle tools like an oscilloscope, DMM and a soldering iron).  I have observed the failures of the "Dallas" chip on Indys of the past, and wonder if something similar the what is wrong with it. If this is the failure cause, how does one acquire replacement modules, and restore whatever content was stored within them, so that the machines can communicate over the network once again?

Thank you all in advance.  I will also share knowledge I have gained with these systems that I still recall, and also tell my son-in-law about the system. I gave him an Indigo R10K system with Max Impact graphics to play with.