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SGI Indy dies when VGA plugged in
Name: amtk350 Date: September 21, 2005 at 17:13:40 Pacific OS: ? CPU/Ram: SGI Indy
Comment:
I have recently acquired a SGI Indy. The computer turns on but dies when I plug in a cable in the VGA port. I'm not sure weather this is a graphics card problem or if it is due to the fact that one of it's two hard drives is missing (from what I understand an Indy is supposed to come with an optical drive or a second hard drive, if it did indeed have a second drive it was a HDD because the metal knockout for an optical drive is still intact).
What I would like to know if there is a simple fix to this problem or if I'm going to have to search ebay or another source for parts.
Name: wizard-fred Date: September 21, 2005 at 17:43:16 Pacific
Reply:
First I would check if the video port is standard VGA. Silicon Graphics has used both RGB type monitors and multi-sync monitors.
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Response Number 2
Name: amtk350 Date: September 21, 2005 at 19:22:34 Pacific
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Would a multisync monitor port have the same appearence as a apple monitor port?
-amtk350
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Response Number 3
Name: wizard-fred Date: September 21, 2005 at 22:34:35 Pacific
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The apple MAC port can look like a VGA port but the pinouts are different
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Response Number 4
Name: amtk350 Date: September 22, 2005 at 07:20:10 Pacific
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Is there an adaptor that would work for a multisync port to a VGA monitor? I tried a Mac to VGA adaptor with no success.
-amtk350
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Response Number 5
Name: wizard-fred Date: September 22, 2005 at 09:21:42 Pacific
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Are you shure that you have the video connector? The standard SGI connector is the size of a DB-25 (IBM parallel port) with 3 large pins for the video plus the smaller pins.
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Response Number 6
Name: amtk350 Date: September 22, 2005 at 11:20:39 Pacific
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I was trying the port above that one. I had thought that the port below that was for a television.
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Response Number 7
Name: wizard-fred Date: September 22, 2005 at 14:45:51 Pacific
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You probably don't have a VGA video port, but may be a special network port. Without the manual you're just guessing. There is an adapter or cable to convert the SGI video that you have to VGA.
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Response Number 8
Name: amtk350 Date: September 23, 2005 at 09:38:09 Pacific
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I did download the manual from SGI and the port that I have been indeed trying to use is the monitor port.
Assuming that the original operating system is intact on the computer, is there any way to blindly connect to the computer through windows 98 on a hub? I had tried by netbios protocal with no luck.
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Response Number 9
Name: wizard-fred Date: September 23, 2005 at 14:47:32 Pacific
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Netbios is only for IBM's, SGI probably uses only TCPIP ethernet, The OS is a version of UNIX. Some versions of the computer can boot using a serial port for display.
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