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Question: what slot is this? [pics]

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by k.a., 29 Jun 2003.

  1. k.a.

    k.a. What's a Dremel?

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    My moms company is cleaning out some "old" hardware (like 24port switches =)))

    one of the things i got was this "broken" PC. its a Silicon Graphic 320 workstation

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    It's "broken" since the display doens't show a picture (orange standby light doesn't turn green)

    Now, I want to figure out if its the graphiccard, the TFT.. the cable or whatever, the only problem is, that the hardware is a little different from the ordinary PC:

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    what u see behind the rear-fan is the graphiccard (or at least part of it). It doenst have the standart VGA connection, neither the standart digital TFT connection.. but this odd coustom thing.

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    thats another (crapy) pic (its left of the .. odd RAM and IDE connection)

    so... i just wanted to connect some old 2mb PCI graphiccard ...

    but:

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    i guessed pci-32 & pci-64... though just why is the PCI-slot the wrong way around????

    and thats my main question: what kinda slot is that? .... and what is it for??

    i'ld be very gratefull if anyone could answer that question for me =)
     
  2. GT3_GOD

    GT3_GOD What's a Dremel?

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    Wouldn't be willing to part with that silicon graphics case would you?
     
  3. RTT

    RTT #parp

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    I'm fairly sure that the only thing that slot can be is 64bit PCI.
     
  4. k.a.

    k.a. What's a Dremel?

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    well, i believe the long one is (the one with ultra2-SCSI controller)

    but the short one??

    edit: i kinda like the case =) bit small for my taste, but 1st i gotta see if i can get that thing working again
     
  5. penski

    penski BodMod

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    CNR slot?

    *n
     
  6. Flax

    Flax What's a Dremel?

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    The backwards PCI slot is probally an Advanced Communication Riser (ACR) slot.
     
  7. k.a.

    k.a. What's a Dremel?

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    hm ACR sounds plausible when i look it up.. but... just what do i do with it???
     
  8. Cheese

    Cheese Doc

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    Nothing, you could buy a modem for it if you wanted to...

    ...as for the TFT, Mashie has one, you can get a little box to convert its input to a normal VGA cable, I'm sure google will help you out ;)

    Rob.
     
  9. Bruno_me

    Bruno_me Fake-ad‎min

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    put a PCI card in backwards? that could be fun
     
  10. ajack

    ajack rox

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    What kinda ram is that and how much is there?!
     
  11. Atomic

    Atomic Gerwaff

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  12. RTT

    RTT #parp

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    sos, thought you were on about the big one :p

    small one is ACR as already said :p
     
  13. k.a.

    k.a. What's a Dremel?

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    @jack_ .. i have NO idea ;) one page i googled said 128 ECC-SDRAM, but that page also said dual-PII-350 and the one i got has dual-PII-500

    ... no idea

    @cheese

    this?? http://www.sgi.com/peripherals/displays/multilink/

    or something different (cheap??)

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    modem.. hm.. got DSL =) and it's got pretty much everything onboard! (firewire, sound, s-video in and out, composide video in/out, also (dont know english word, they look like this [​IMG] for sound-in and out.. just kinda luxury!


    another question:

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    the big slot (pci-64??), the one with the card in it, any chance i can get a graphic card for that? there's another free slot just unterneath the card

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    or.. well.. thnx to u, i at least know i can use the display for something! but what about the rest of the PC? just a pile of 4 year old $12000 hardwaregarbage? or any of you know anything how i can get a (normal?) graphiccard in there?
     
  14. k.a.

    k.a. What's a Dremel?

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    according to this page, its a 64-bit 3.3V signaling PCI Slot


    anyone know (or have??) an old graphiccard for me fitting? =)
     
  15. cderalow

    cderalow bondage master!

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    nifty case


    and on a side note, it'd probably run farely well if it worked.... no idea what OS SGI systems use though.... but I bet you'd be surprised at what it could do

    and PII 500?????? :confused:

    was pretty sure PII stopped at 450 where there's PII/PIII variants...
     
  16. k.a.

    k.a. What's a Dremel?

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    I'll check that again, but i'm pretty sure it said 500/512/something (mhz/L2/... ?)

    i guess i'ld wanna run it as Gameserver on LANs for example... dualPII is still more than enough for HL or UT or sorts.

    ... but i need some graphics first :)
     
  17. p3n

    p3n What's a Dremel?

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    dual 500 mhz is enough for anthing ... a 32 player counterstrike server with 20 plugins might just use it all

    have you tried all the usual checks for a non-booting system ?
     
  18. scoob8000

    scoob8000 Wheres my plasma cutter?

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    know what kind of SCSI card that is? <droolz>

    -scoob8000
     
  19. k.a.

    k.a. What's a Dremel?

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    well the problem is, that i don't even know if it boots. no speaker, didn't find anywhere to connect a speaker. there seems to be some HDD activity, but i don't know if its the normal power-on thing.. but i THINK its more than that.

    i got it connected and running, and i'll do a LANguard networkscan over the night. (when connected to switch, the switch-lights are on for connection).. though i dont know what ip it can be... so i'm scanning 192.168.0.1 - .255.255 to see if it's completly booted (though don't know if anything will show up if its booted, but on some errormessage.. =( )

    the reset-button works... at least the cd-rom makes this "regrab tray" kinda noise...

    any advice?

    BTW: i gotta admit, i was kinda.... blind. it DOES have a standart VGA connection onboard, but i overlooked it, assuming it was COM2. buuuut it doen't show anything either.

    main problem is lack of speaker =( just sooome kinda beeping would really help me out =(

    ps: didn't check what SCSI card it is.. probably because i have no idea what is good with SCSI anyway =P but i'll check tomorrow if scan doens't show anything when i can turn PC of
     
  20. Bruno_me

    Bruno_me Fake-ad‎min

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    I looked around on sgi's site, and found: this, the users manual. in troubleshooting, there is a thing about the power LED blinking, this may be of help...
     

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