30 Apr
2013
30 Apr
'13
6:11 a.m.
I have a broken SGI Indigo I'd like to fix, but I have no idea where to start.
The most obvious problem is that shortly after power on - two seconds, maybe
three - a noise starts coming from the internal speaker. The sound becomes
louder and louder with every second. No startup chime, no output on serial
console.
My initial thought was a broken power supply, but a PSU repair guy I've found
claims that power supply is ok and voltages are correct and clean. He also
says that he tried to bend the "mainboard" - probably the CPU board - slightly
and this sometimes leads to the startup chime.
Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks :-)
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30 Apr
30 Apr
9:44 a.m.
In article <E9350F30-1AD3-4FEA-98F2-15CD5DCBC97C at FreeBSD.org>,
=?iso-8859-2?Q?Edward_Tomasz_Napiera=B3a?= <trasz at FreeBSD.org> writes:
Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks :-)
Have you asked on nekochan.net?
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11:04 a.m.
Have you tried the reset button after power up? My O2 sometimes doesn't
fire up first time until I've reset.
On 30 April 2013 14:11, Edward Tomasz Napiera?a <trasz at freebsd.org> wrote:
I have a broken SGI Indigo I'd like to fix, but I
have no idea where to
start.
The most obvious problem is that shortly after power on - two seconds,
maybe
three - a noise starts coming from the internal speaker. The sound becomes
louder and louder with every second. No startup chime, no output on serial
console.
My initial thought was a broken power supply, but a PSU repair guy I've
found
claims that power supply is ok and voltages are correct and clean. He also
says that he tried to bend the "mainboard" - probably the CPU board -
slightly
and this sometimes leads to the startup chime.
Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks :-)
--
If you cut off my head, what would I say? Me and my head, or me and my
body?
1 May
1 May
9:28 a.m.
Wiadomo?? napisana przez Richard w dniu 30 kwi 2013, o godz. 18:44:
In article <E9350F30-1AD3-4FEA-98F2-15CD5DCBC97C at
FreeBSD.org>,
=?iso-8859-2?Q?Edward_Tomasz_Napiera=B3a?= <trasz at FreeBSD.org> writes:
Yes. No solution, unfortunately.
One more data point: when I first got the machine, it worked ok for a few
hours. Then, at some point, it started to emit this awful noise.
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If you cut off my head, what would I say? Me and my head, or me and my body?
Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks :-)
Have you asked on nekochan.net? 
4:56 p.m.
If you cut off my head, what would I say? Me and my
head, or me and my body?
I call trick question.
You wouldn't say either one, because you'd be too dead to talk.
The question lurking underneath is interesting, though, I agree. I'm
not sure which I would think more appropriate in general; personally, I
tend to locate my self a few inches behind midway between my eyes, so
I'd probably go with "me and my body".
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6:02 p.m.
In article <4BAA1350-C7E3-4121-B4F3-B2618A012073 at FreeBSD.org>,
Edward Tomasz Napiera?a <trasz at FreeBSD.org> writes:
One more data point: when I first got the machine, it
worked ok for a few
hours. Then, at some point, it started to emit this awful noise.
Sounds like a marginal component fails once it warms up and now it's
failing sooner.
In a computer system, it seems the most commonly failing part is a
capacitor. Since there is noise coming from the speaker, I'd put an
oscilloscope on the speaker terminals and see if you can spot an
increasing noise level on the terminals.
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