SGI: Hardware

My Visual Workstation 540

GL1zdA
From Warsaw, PL
Who joined Dec. 31, 2009, 3:18 p.m.
Wrote the following at March 19, 2015, 2:23 p.m...
Not sure whether this should go here or to the hinv section.

I have upgraded today my VW540 from 2x Pentium III Xeon 500 MHz with 2 MB cache to 2x Pentium III Xeon 900 MHz with 2 MB cache. It works (Windows 2000 booted). PROM reports 256 kB cache, but all the cache works. I'm attaching a screenshot now, will attach some photos and add info about the upgrade to our wiki later. Next step: fill the 2 other CPU slots, but first I have to find Pentium III Xeon heatsinks and VRMs.
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mopar5150
From Palm Springs, CA
Who joined April 24, 2012, 6:02 p.m.
Wrote the following at March 19, 2015, 9:05 p.m...
Well done!
Do those systems use an ATX motherboard or is it a SGI specific board?
If the thing isn't on fire it's a software problem.

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GL1zdA
From Warsaw, PL
Who joined Dec. 31, 2009, 3:18 p.m.
Wrote the following at March 19, 2015, 11:21 p.m...
The 320/540 use SGIs own designs. The later 230/330/550/Zx10 use ATX parts (basically of the shelf PC parts).
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