Well guys I know that this list is really for Gentoo-mips issues but it seems to be the most informed group I have access top or want to access, How's that for some stroking :).
Anyway here's my sad tale.
Bought an SGI Octane off of Ebay for $53.00 USD (VERY COOL) It arrived via UPS could have been cool but they treated it like a football. The grab handle on the PSU had one sheared bolt and the other was bent beyond fixing. All the ram was in the bottom of the processor tray and was jamming the tray from coming out. got all that taken care of and then I noticed that several of the ram slots were damaged from the abuse the case took at the hands of UPS. the small brown tangs that help guide the ram into the slots were broken off. This really pissed me off, anyway longer story short. I've filed a damage claim on it, have since received the Lacie External CD-RW I also got off Ebay and the proper cable and also received the never installed nor registered copy of Irix 6.5.xx also from Ebay, as well as the Kb and mouse.
Now here's my question... I have it hooked up to my BenQ 23W LCD screen on the VGA input and when I try to boot the thing I get nothing just a black screen. Is there a key sequence similar to a PC for accessing the BIOS or setup routine? or should I grab one of my CRTs and use that? I really hope someone can help me or let me know how to determine just how dead this poor little fella is.
Regards Richard
Hope someone can help :'(
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