[GeekDot]

Hey gang,

Yeah, finally I got a "recent" SGI (to accompany my 4D/35) ;-)
To my big disappointment the CPU advertised by the seller (R5200/300) turned out to be a 'boring' R5k/180 - because it's my 1st O2 I don't like to return it for having nothing afterwards -we're still haggling about compensation- I thought about boosting it a bit... well, Nekochan had all the nitty-gritty docs how to set the resistors (R1-R7) but as it's offline for now, does anybody of you nice people have the settings saved/at hand?

Cheers, GeekDot

P.S: Do you know where to find an IRIX 5.3 image which runs on IP12? Those found online are not featuring an 'unix.IP12' and seem to be made for an 5k Indy.

[Jacques]

Do you want to go to 200Mhz?

[GeekDot]

<QUOTE author="JacquesT" post_id="2237" time="1534013517" user_id="104">

Do you want to go to 200Mhz?

Oh, yes. Sorry, that’s what I meant... better than nothing, right ;-)

[gijoe77]

the small cache size on the 180 would make me think modding it to 200 would still have horrible performance :(

but 20mhz is 20mhz amiright? ^_^

for IRIX 5.3, I have two ISO's - as far as I know they are not the Indy version (I have that one too). I can't peer into the ISO's on my win7 box, but here they are, hope they work for you

<URL url="http://www.mediafire.com/file/pj9k87rbafjyqw1/IRIX_5.3.iso/file"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.mediafire.com/file/pj9k87rba ... 3.iso/file">http://www.mediafire.com/file/pj9k87rbafjyqw1/IRIX_5.3.iso/file</LINK_TEXT>

<URL url="http://www.mediafire.com/file/mi41eezx74fv5w1/IRIX_5.3_XFS.ISO/file"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.mediafire.com/file/mi41eezx7 ... S.ISO/file">http://www.mediafire.com/file/mi41eezx74fv5w1/IRIX_5.3_XFS.ISO/file</LINK_TEXT>

[GeekDot]

<QUOTE author="gijoe77" post_id="2257" time="1534050092" user_id="243">

the small cache size on the 180 would make me think modding it to 200 would still have horrible performance :(
but 20mhz is 20mhz amiright? ^_^

Sigh, yeah, that's the point... a drowning O2 owner grabbing for straw. And before I manage to get my desired R5200 or 10k I'll use what I have...

for IRIX 5.3, I have two ISO's - as far as I know they are not the Indy version (I have that one too). I can't peer into the ISO's on my win7 box, but here they are, hope they work for you

GIJoe, you're a fairy godmother! <3
Having just a quick check, the md5's are different to those "enhanced" images and 'strings' gives lots of IP12, so chances are high this will be it!

Thanks a metric ton, will try ASAP and report back!

[gijoe77]

your welcome. I would hope the compensation would be around $100, thats around the market value for a 300mhz r5k module, that's if you paid a lot to begin with anyway.

[Jacques]

<QUOTE author="gijoe77" post_id="2271" time="1534069971" user_id="243">

your welcome. I would hope the compensation would be around $100, thats around the market value for a 300mhz r5k module, that's if you paid a lot to begin with anyway.

Agreed, they go for between $75-$100. Well, that's about what I paid for mine, can't remember exactly.

[GeekDot]

<QUOTE author="JacquesT" post_id="2289" time="1534076228" user_id="104">

<QUOTE author="gijoe77" post_id="2271" time="1534069971" user_id="243">

I would hope the compensation would be around $100, thats around the market value for a 300mhz r5k module, that's if you paid a lot to begin with anyway.

Agreed, they go for between $75-$100. Well, that's about what I paid for mine, can't remember exactly.

Well, it started as a bargain as the seller offered two 02's featuring hinv sceenshots of an 300MHz R5k (i.e. 5200) and an 195MHz R10k for $150 :-o (both cases a bit battered but... hey, 150!)
Because he had more "twin deals" on offer, I made clear that I want those pictured and nothing else.
Then after 2 weeks of waiting I got... two r5k/180s... mehhhhhh. Calling him... "Oh, I didn't ship them personally. My employee seem to have confused the already packed boxes... send them back, I reimburse you".
"Well, Mr. Seller, I bought X you sold me Y and the solution for me shall be, lemmethink, <I>nada</I> except hauling the stuff back to the post office?!"
"Ok, I just got another 'big desktop SGI' in. Don't know the model yet, but it's big...<me imagining all SGI models in one sec> I can send you this for free as compensation. Let's have a call in a week, when I know more."

Soooo, if the 'big desktop' is something adequate I might give in... restoring one of the lame O2s and sell them to get somewhere reasonable with my expenditure.
<B>Fun question: What would you think, which 'big desktop SGI' would compensate a 5200/10k vs. 2 5k/180?</B>
I assume the range would be Indy to Indigo 2, an Octane not being desktop'ish enough in the eyes of an SGI noob - and if it's anything x86 I throw the two O2's right back at him...

Besides this: Does really nobody remember the resistor settings for overclocking the 5k to 200MHz?

[kikems]

<QUOTE author="gijoe77" post_id="2257" time="1534050092" user_id="243">

the small cache size on the 180 would make me think modding it to 200 would still have horrible performance :(

but 20mhz is 20mhz amiright? ^_^

for IRIX 5.3, I have two ISO's - as far as I know they are not the Indy version (I have that one too). I can't peer into the ISO's on my win7 box, but here they are, hope they work for you

<URL url="http://www.mediafire.com/file/pj9k87rbafjyqw1/IRIX_5.3.iso/file"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.mediafire.com/file/pj9k87rba ... 3.iso/file">http://www.mediafire.com/file/pj9k87rbafjyqw1/IRIX_5.3.iso/file</LINK_TEXT>

<URL url="http://www.mediafire.com/file/mi41eezx74fv5w1/IRIX_5.3_XFS.ISO/file"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.mediafire.com/file/mi41eezx7 ... S.ISO/file">http://www.mediafire.com/file/mi41eezx74fv5w1/IRIX_5.3_XFS.ISO/file</LINK_TEXT>

I think that O2 machines need at least IRIX 6.3

[gijoe77]

<QUOTE author="GeekDot" post_id="2343" time="1534160938" user_id="310">

<B>Fun question: What would you think, which 'big desktop SGI' would compensate a 5200/10k vs. 2 5k/180?</B>
I assume the range would be Indy to Indigo 2, an Octane not being desktop'ish enough in the eyes of an SGI noob - and if it's anything x86 I throw the two O2's right back at him...

Besides this: Does really nobody remember the resistor settings for overclocking the 5k to 200MHz?

Well I would say either one - 5200 or 10k - is just another league compared to 180 and its pitiful cache. if big he means Onyx, then def take the Onyx of course Octane/Tezro/Origin350 take.