The collected works of mrintel97

Hi everybody!

Well, I finally got myself an SGI and I can't wait to mess with it! I picked up an O2 and a few upgrades (video card, FPA, camera, 1600SW, 128mb RAM, 200mhz CPU) and everything seemed to work fine.

Except...the monitor.

When I install the FPA and the 1600SW, the computer will boot up just fine and the 1600SW lights up with a crisp display like it rolled off the assembly line. However, as soon as IRIX begins to boot, the display goes black and gives me a blinking orange light, as though it is no longer recieving any data from the O2. If I try and plug an LCD into the VGA port, that LCD will work just fine.

So I guess my question is: am I doing something completely and obviously wrong? Or is there sometyhing special I need to do?

I tried looking around the forums for this particular issue, and I couldn't find it, so I figured I'd post it here. If it needs to be moved or if this issue has been resolved, just let me know.

Sorry for the long-winded post.

I successfully booted into single user mode, but when I try and set the resolution, it responds with this:

The O2 and the upgrades were purchaced separately, so it was not using the 1600SW before I recieved it. It is missing the PCI riser piece (if that even makes any difference).

hinv does not show the board (either in IRIX or the command prompt). What exactly would it say if it was there?

I found the directory where the vfo files are, but none of the 1600x1024 files are there. Is there any place I could install or copy them from?

Also, it is running IRIX 6.5.30

Should I try reinstalling IRIX?

Where am I snagging the vfo from?

Could the missing PCI riser be causing any of these issues?

Well, I just decided to do a fresh install of IRIX 6.5.18 and the monitor comes to life! Looks like Titox was right, I may have had a bad installation. So thanks for all your guys' help!