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Hello large scale Nerds!
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Hello large scale Nerds!
i am proud to announce that i am now a member of the sgi family Biggrin Wink
btw. yes it's the year 2018!
since cebit 1994 i always wanted one and now i got one (for almost nothing : 6,50€ on ebay + i had to drive 50 km to get it)
couldn't try it out yet, so far i pulled out the boards and power supply to clean but i'm still waiting for my monitor. (btw. if anyone has a 13w3 adapter to sell??)
the machine i got : it's an original green octane 1, but it looks like the specs had been upgraded to octane 2. all ram slots are populated (2GB) and there is a vpro v6 in it Smile
any suggestions how to start and what to think of before turning it on the first time??

best regards and i have to say thank you to the people who created this! Smile
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08-03-2018, 08:49 PM
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Re: Hello large scale Nerds!
Take an air compressor and blow the dust out of it.

Reseat every board and the PSU since it's probably been sitting for a while.

Ensure you hear all three fans kick on. There's on at the top of the rear, one in the PSU and one in the front on the frontplane.
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08-03-2018, 09:00 PM
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Re: Hello large scale Nerds!
thanks for that hints!
yeah i already sprayed 1 can of compressed air through the power supply, should be clean now, the rest looks pretty good.
but reseating seems like a good idea! Smile
well, i will also try to set up a youtube channel (computer history (hardware/software etc.)) and need some software. anyone knows where i can get : Wavefronts "The Advanced Visualizer"???
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08-03-2018, 09:20 PM
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Re: Hello large scale Nerds!
<QUOTE author="Raion-Fox" post_id="1958" time="1533330024" user_id="49">
Raion-Fox post_id=1958 time=1533330024 user_id=49 Wrote:Take an air compressor and blow the dust out of it.

Reseat every board and the PSU since it's probably been sitting for a while.

Ensure you hear all three fans kick on. There's on at the top of the rear, one in the PSU and one in the front on the frontplane.

Also take special care not to touch the compression contacts on the ends of the boards - they are very sensitive and easy to break, don't blow compressed air directly on those
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08-04-2018, 03:40 AM
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Re: Hello large scale Nerds!
<QUOTE author="PacMaN_2k1" post_id="1961" time="1533331207" user_id="297">
PacMaN_2k1 post_id=1961 time=1533331207 user_id=297 Wrote:t anyone knows where i can get : Wavefronts "The Advanced Visualizer"???

I'm uploading it to the FTP, I don't have any licensing info though

edit: I have the ISO's of the two CD's if anyone would prefer those let me know. BTW this is version 4.2.1
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08-04-2018, 03:43 AM
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Re: Hello large scale Nerds!
how cool is that? you have it Smile cool! i take what i can get.
right now this is what i have found on the net so far...
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08-04-2018, 01:59 PM
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Pictures of Lucy (that's her name)
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08-04-2018, 02:12 PM
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Re: Hello large scale Nerds!
Lucy huh. Every time I hear that name I automatically think of the protagonist of Elfen Lied, aka Kaede (Lucy was a name researchers gave her)
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08-04-2018, 05:28 PM
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Re: Hello large scale Nerds!
just googled her Biggrin aht can i say : she's hot! Wink

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08-04-2018, 06:25 PM
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Re: Hello large scale Nerds!
what cpu or hopefully cpus could be in there?? what you think?
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