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BetXen
From Vevey, Switzerland
Who joined Sept. 21, 2004, 12:05 p.m.
Wrote on the subject of Fuel won't power on (Looks like it's not a bad power supply) at Sept. 4, 2015, 8:39 a.m...
Actually, I've not tested whether the L1 would come up without a graphic card. But I'm sure the fuel won't start without.
On the other hand, as soon as I was typing "env" or "power" I got a message back.

Regarding the ATX power supply, that's right: the pinout is definitely different but can easily be rewired. But don't forget those WTX-like power supplies were designed for server equipment. The maximum current it can provide in one of the rails (I don't remember which one) is much higher than consumer-PC specifications, even for hard-core gamer equipment. Then, select your ATX replacement PSU with care.

As for how to fool the environment monitoring, I think there was a post recently from someone who attached the original fuel PSU fan to it's ATX PSU so that it reports its RPM to the monitoring... or maybe I'm wrong.
:Onyx2: : oxygen / :A3504L: :A3504L: : neon (16xItanium2 1.6, L2 9MB) / :O200: :O200: : beryllium
:Fuel: : nitrogen / :Octane2: : carbon / :Octane: : fluorine
:O2: : hydrogen (R10k 195, 512Mo) / :O2: : sodium (R5k 180, 512Mo) / :O2: : R5k 180->200 motherboard and PM only
:Indigo2IMP: : helium (R10k 195, HighImpact, 160Mo) / :Indigo2IMP: : boron / :Indigo: : magnesium
:4D70G: 4D70GT : my very first one (now property of musée bolo and the foundation mémoires informatiques )
See the hinv/gfxinfo posts here .
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BetXen
From Vevey, Switzerland
Who joined Sept. 21, 2004, 12:05 p.m.
Wrote on the subject of Origin 350, 4 x 1 Ghz, 4 GB RAM at Oct. 29, 2015, 1:49 p.m...
Lucky you !
:Onyx2: : oxygen (4xR12k400) / :A3504L: :A3504L: : neon (16xI2 1.6, 9MB L2) / :O200: :O200: : beryllium (4xR12k270)
:Fuel: : nitrogen (R16k800) / :Octane2: : carbon (2xR14k600) / :Octane: : lithium (R10k400) / :Octane: : fluorine (2xR12k300) / spare 2xR12k360
:O2: : hydrogen (R10k195) / :O2: : sodium (R5k180) / :O2: : R5k180->200 MB and PM only
:Indigo2IMP: : helium (R10k195, HighImpact) / :Indigo2IMP: : boron (R4k250)/ :Indigo: : magnesium (R4k100) / :Indy: : aluminium (R5k180)
:4D70GT: 4D70GT : my very first one (now property of musée bolo and the foundation mémoires informatiques )
See the hinv/gfxinfo posts here .
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BetXen
From Vevey, Switzerland
Who joined Sept. 21, 2004, 12:05 p.m.
Wrote on the subject of hamei 's departure at Dec. 3, 2015, 12:45 a.m...
I'm still here as well, but where is "here"... running around the globe with a lot of work, so that I don't have so much time at home, and I spend it nowadays more with the family than on my computers.
I'd miss hamei's prose, too, if he didn't reconsider. Hopefully he will.
:Onyx2: : oxygen (4xR12k400) / :A3504L: :A3504L: : neon (16xI2 1.6, 9MB L2) / :O200: :O200: : beryllium (4xR12k270)
:Fuel: : nitrogen (R16k800) / :Octane2: : carbon (2xR14k600) / :Octane: : lithium (R10k400) / :Octane: : fluorine (2xR12k300) / spare 2xR12k360
:O2: : hydrogen (R10k195) / :O2: : sodium (R5k180) / :O2: : R5k180->200 MB and PM only
:Indigo2IMP: : helium (R10k195, HighImpact) / :Indigo2IMP: : boron (R4k250)/ :Indigo: : magnesium (R4k100) / :Indy: : aluminium (R5k180)
:4D70GT: 4D70GT : my very first one (now property of musée bolo and the foundation mémoires informatiques )
See the hinv/gfxinfo posts here .
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BetXen
From Vevey, Switzerland
Who joined Sept. 21, 2004, 12:05 p.m.
Wrote on the subject of fuel R16000 800MHz 4GB V10 - I am complete! at Dec. 21, 2015, 7:51 a.m...
Welcome to the club ! This is definitely a nice machine that works well... when PSU or V12 do not burn.

Have fun with it !
:Onyx2: : oxygen (4xR12k400) / :A3504L: :A3504L: : neon (16xI2 1.6, 9MB L2) / :O200: :O200: : beryllium (4xR12k270)
:Fuel: : nitrogen (R16k800) / :Octane2: : carbon (2xR14k600) / :Octane: : lithium (R10k400) / :Octane: : fluorine (2xR12k300) / spare 2xR12k360
:O2: : hydrogen (R10k195) / :O2: : sodium (R5k180) / :O2: : R5k180->200 MB and PM only
:Indigo2IMP: : helium (R10k195, HighImpact) / :Indigo2IMP: : boron (R4k250)/ :Indigo: : magnesium (R4k100) / :Indy: : aluminium (R5k180)
:4D70GT: 4D70GT : my very first one (now property of musée bolo and the foundation mémoires informatiques )
See the hinv/gfxinfo posts here .
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BetXen
From Vevey, Switzerland
Who joined Sept. 21, 2004, 12:05 p.m.
Wrote on the subject of Should I take the dive? at Feb. 8, 2016, 11:52 a.m...
Fuels are indeed noisier than a stanard PC, but doesn't the sgi factor compensate that ?
Having both a fuel and some octanes (2), I confess I use the fuel more often, due to the noise. On the other hand I prefer the dual CPU responsivity of the Octane...

It is right decent fuels are not cheap, but luckily you live in the same country as Ian (from whom I got mine), so that finding good parts and replacement ones (if one should fail) wouldn't be so difficult. Finally, even if modelling on a sgi is definitely a good experience, you should export your scenes to a modern computer to render them.
:Onyx2: : oxygen (4xR12k400) / :A3504L: :A3504L: : neon (16xI2 1.6, 9MB L2) / :O200: :O200: : beryllium (4xR12k270)
:Fuel: : nitrogen (R16k800) / :Octane2: : carbon (2xR14k600) / :Octane: : lithium (R10k400) / :Octane: : fluorine (2xR12k300) / spare 2xR12k360
:O2: : hydrogen (R10k195) / :O2: : sodium (R5k180) / :O2: : R5k180->200 MB and PM only
:Indigo2IMP: : helium (R10k195, HighImpact) / :Indigo2IMP: : boron (R4k250)/ :Indigo: : magnesium (R4k100) / :Indy: : aluminium (R5k180)
:4D70GT: 4D70GT : my very first one (now property of musée bolo and the foundation mémoires informatiques )
See the hinv/gfxinfo posts here .