SGI: hinv

tomo's O2 R7k 600Mhz

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tomo
Who joined Jan. 18, 2008, 10:53 a.m.
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Wrote the following at Sept. 12, 2008, 3:01 p.m...
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CPU: QED RM7000 Processor Chip Revision: 5.3
FPU: QED RM7000 Floating Point Coprocessor Revision: 5.0
1 602 MHZ IP32 Processor
Main memory size: 512 Mbytes
Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 256 Kbytes on Processor 0
Ternary unified instruction/data cache size: 1 Mbyte on Processor 0
Instruction cache size: 16 Kbytes
Data cache size: 16 Kbytes
FLASH PROM version 4.18
Integral SCSI controller 0: Version ADAPTEC 7880
Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 1)
Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 2)
CDROM: unit 4 on SCSI controller 0
Integral SCSI controller 1: Version ADAPTEC 7880
On-board serial ports: tty1
On-board serial ports: tty2
On-board EPP/ECP parallel port
CRM graphics installed
Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1
Iris Audio Processor: version A3 revision 0
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x9004, device 0x8078) PCI slot 1
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x9004, device 0x8078) PCI slot 2
Video: MVP unit 0 version 1.4
AV: AV1 Card version 1, O2Cam type 1 version 0 connected.
Vice: TRE


So today arrives my new CPU :) BIG THANKS to WLATHER...
Boost from my stock R5200/300 is incredible!
What else say?
Monitor connected to my O2 is mirovideo 22" with O2 camera sitting on it -> there is plenty of space :)
Compaq deutch keyboard (for me wery terrible becouse many characters on keys don't match what you get on screen with english setting)
Black logitech optical USB mouse - connected trough original USB/PS2 converter

Hardware unconnected to O2 or not connected everyday :
Adaptec 2940UW PCI SCSI adapter
100Mb PCI second network adapter - useless to me this time
Microtek 636 scanner (very low end but it works)
two ~10GB scsi disks - maybe I will use them somehow externaly

So this is my "number cruncher"

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:O2: R7000/600 576MB Ram CDRW 18+9Gb HDD
http://www.tomosgi.co.cc
kramlq
Who joined Sept. 21, 2005, 12:10 a.m.
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Wrote the following at Sept. 12, 2008, 8:57 p.m...
Very nice. Time to update your sig BTW :)

The 600MHz upgrade is on my list of things to do, but those 300MHz modules are hard to find.
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tomo
Who joined Jan. 18, 2008, 10:53 a.m.
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Wrote the following at Sept. 13, 2008, 4:38 a.m...
I was wery lucky guy, when I was buying O2 I can choose between R10k@195 and R5k@300 R5k@300 has much better skins, and also Ian on his sites nicely describes diferences between R10k and R5k configurations so I choose R5k even for it's lower integer performance.

After 1 month I'v statred to search "for something faster" and I realize that only one faster 5k cpu was released (7k@350) but I'v also realize that it is quite rare. Than I'v found that the 600MHz hack can be done - but after reading article about it I realized that I can't build it myself. So another searching, some mails, fired first deadline, waiting some time, and I have it :)

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http://www.tomosgi.co.cc
SGIFanLongTime
Who joined Jan. 6, 2006, 3:03 p.m.
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Wrote the following at Oct. 17, 2008, 8:01 p.m...
Do you know if it's possible to have someone perform the upgrade for you?

I have a 300mhz CPU module, and the 600mhz upgrade chip. I just don't have the hardware skills neccessary to perform the upgrade, and would like to swap an already upgraded board for my existing board + cpu.

Any idea who I might contact for sucn an endeavor?

Thanks in advance.

--gs
strandedinnz
Who joined Feb. 8, 2008, 9:11 p.m.
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Wrote the following at Oct. 17, 2008, 8:52 p.m...
There is a chap here in NZ who I think has 3 R5200 300Mhz machines, think he lurks here as well ... want me to ask if he'd part with some ? I think he wants a 600mhz upgrade himself as well.

Mark

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tomo
Who joined Jan. 18, 2008, 10:53 a.m.
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Wrote the following at Sept. 5, 2009, 11:21 p.m...
Since my O2 canibalized other non functional SGI it results in some HW upgrades. Namely memory 512 -> 576, and harddisk 2x9GB -> 18GB + 9GB. From crashed O2 I have spare parts like AV1 board, some 32MB memory sticks, CDROM. And maybe frontplane (I don't know if it must match mainboard).

So my hinv now looks like:
Code:
CPU: QED RM7000 Processor Chip Revision: 5.3
FPU: QED RM7000 Floating Point Coprocessor Revision: 5.0
1 602 MHZ IP32 Processor
Main memory size: 576 Mbytes
Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 256 Kbytes on Processor 0
Ternary unified instruction/data cache size: 1 Mbyte on Processor 0
Instruction cache size: 16 Kbytes
Data cache size: 16 Kbytes
FLASH PROM version 4.18
Integral SCSI controller 0: Version ADAPTEC 7880
Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 1)
Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 2)
CDROM: unit 4 on SCSI controller 0
Integral SCSI controller 1: Version ADAPTEC 7880
PCI SCSI controller 2: Version ADAPTEC 7880
On-board serial ports: tty1
On-board serial ports: tty2
On-board EPP/ECP parallel port
CRM graphics installed
Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1
Iris Audio Processor: version A3 revision 0
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x9004, device 0x8078) PCI slot 1
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x9004, device 0x8078) PCI slot 2
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x9004, device 0x8178) PCI slot 3
Video: MVP unit 0 version 1.4
AV: AV1 Card version 1, O2Cam type 1 version 0 connected.
Vice: TRE


"New" system disk is Quantum Atlas V 10k rpm 18GB drive.
Measured time for boot identical system (6.5.26) from total start of O2 is ~1.35min witch is better for ~12 seconds compared to old disk (I hoped for bigger speedup).

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:O2: R7000/600 576MB Ram CDRW 18+9Gb HDD
http://www.tomosgi.co.cc
JacquesT
Who joined Jan. 28, 2008, 7:50 p.m.
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Wrote the following at Sept. 7, 2009, 6:23 p.m...
Always love reading about O2's. Yeah they're a bit slow but what the hell!

You can try and squeeze some more time from your boot process by disabling unnecessary processes at startup.

-J

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mapesdhs
Who joined Nov. 11, 2003, 12:17 a.m.
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Wrote the following at Sept. 15, 2009, 3:23 p.m...
Turning off esp alone can cut boot time as much as 60 seconds.

For those who don't already have R5K/300 modules, I have several ready-to-go R7K/600 modules available.
And my site now has full benchmark results for the R7K/600.

Ian.

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tomo
Who joined Jan. 18, 2008, 10:53 a.m.
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Wrote the following at Sept. 17, 2009, 2:58 p.m...
This is my current chkconfig setup. Suggestions what to turn off are welcome.

Code:
Flag                 State
====                 =====
acct                 off
audit                off
autoconfig_ipaddress on
autofs               on
automount            on
bsdlpr               off
csaacct              off
desktop              on
esp                  off
fcagent              off
fontserver           off
fw_cups              off
fw_mcserv            off
fw_privoxy           off
fw_slpd              off
fw_sshd              on
fw_tor               off
gated                off
grio                 on
grio2                off
ipaliases            on
lockd                on
lp                   off
mediad               on
miser                off
mrouted              off
named                off
ndpd                 on
nds                  off
network              on
nfs                  on
nfsd                 on
noiconlogin          off
nostickytmp          off
nsd                  on
pam                  off
pmcd                 off
pmie                 off
privileges           on
proclaim_relayagent  off
proclaim_server      off
proxymngr            off
quickpage            off
quotacheck           off
quotas               off
rarpd                off
rfindd               on
route6d              off
routed               off
rpcbind              on
rsvpd                off
rtmond               on
rwhod                off
samba                on
sar                  off
savecore             off
sendmail             off
sendmail_cf          off
sesdaemon            off
snetd                off
snmpd                off
soundscheme          on
sshd                 off
timed                off
timeslave            off
ts                   off
verbose              on
visuallogin          off
vswap                on
winbind              off
windowsystem         on
xdm                  on
xlv                  on
yp                   on
ypmaster             off
ypserv               off


Computer is connected to internet trouch D-link router witch also acts as dhcp server.
I'm also using NFS to share data with Linux notebook. System also runs fw_samba (swat was/is nice configuration tool) to connection with windows machines. Otherwise is used as day to day computer - e.g. web browsing. Movie watching. And sometimes (when I have "taste???") maya modeling.

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:O2: R7000/600 576MB Ram CDRW 18+9Gb HDD
http://www.tomosgi.co.cc
mapesdhs avatar
mapesdhs
Who joined Nov. 11, 2003, 12:17 a.m.
and authored 2179 notes
Wrote the following at Sept. 17, 2009, 3:40 p.m...
> This is my current chkconfig setup. Suggestions what to turn off are welcome.

Hmm, mostly looks ok, but you could probably safely turn off grio, ipaliases, xlv and yp.

Also, make sure the 'hosts' lines in /etc/nsswitch.conf is set to:

Code:
hosts:                  files dns nis


Lastly, I change the MSGTIME delay in /etc/init.d/network to 0, and the filesystem delay time in /etc/filesystems to 0
(search the file for 'p 5'). Makes bootup quicker if a filesystem doesn't mount, etc.

Ian.