[nacutsh]

Well I have been looking at them for a while, so I finally got myself an sgi octane as my first sgi. Supposedly it was completely working. Just my luck a red light on the front of the case lit up, the drives spin up, if I hook up some headphones to it I hear a chime, but I am not getting any video out of the machine. So I went around and reseated everything I could, obviously being extremely careful around the compression connectors. It didn't seem to help at all. The system has two graphics boards in it so I uninstalled one and tried it then the other no difference. I heard it could be a sog issue so I tried 7 different monitors one that I am almost certain supports it still nothing. The only thing I am missing is a ps2 mouse because all my pc's use USB except my really old ones that use serial. I can't even find that right now because my pc room is being remodeled at the moment so everything is a mess. Any other suggestions would be nice.I am almost thinking it's the main board, I couldn't imagine both gpu's being bad. The seller has been very responsive so I am not sure what's gonna happen if I need a part. Ps I am new to the forum and to sgi equipment so don't rip me to bad.