[bkd]

One of my Octanes doesn't have NIC in its frontplane (and of course it boots with red LED and "nic_eaddr: Failed to find redable MAC NIC, rc 1" error). If I correctly understood it's DS1982 chip (https://wiki.preterhuman.net/Number_In_a_Can). I have no spare chip by now and wonder what if I buy one and insert into FP1? I think it may work somehow and be harmless but it won't include SGI system number and maybe other information.

[Jacques]

One of my Octanes doesn't have NIC in its frontplane (and of course it boots with red LED and "nic_eaddr: Failed to find redable MAC NIC, rc 1" error). If I correctly understood it's DS1982 chip (https://wiki.preterhuman.net/Number_In_a_Can). I have no spare chip by now and wonder what if I buy one and insert into FP1? I think it may work somehow and be harmless but it won't include SGI system number and maybe other information.

Do you mean one of these?

If you're in the EU / UK I can send it to you for some postage money. It's a spare from an Octane I recycled last year.

[bkd]

Yes, it is. Thanks for your offer but unfortunately I'm not in EU/UK so will try to find some of these NICs somewhere else.

[Jacques]

Yes, it is. Thanks for your offer but unfortunately I'm not in EU/UK so will try to find some of these NICs somewhere else.

You can have even if you're in Alaska

I just don't want to be out of pocket for postage money. Sorry I'm a bit broke atm. :/

But it's your if you want it.

[bkd]

Thank you very much, I need to think a bit about it.)

[srosefx]

if the NIC was bad would I get a flashing red light?