7 Nov
2003
7 Nov
'03
11:45 a.m.
I just bought a rad Indy from EBay. It seems to start up fine, as shown by the
rockin' startup music! However... I can't get video... I have a 13w3 --> VGA
adapter that was supposed to work with it. The light on the Indy goes green but
my NEC Multisync monitor stays red. I tried the adapter on my IBM POWERstation
and saw the NEC monitor turn amber. Any thoughts?
-o
7 Nov
7 Nov
1:09 p.m.
On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 owen(a)bardstown.com wrote:
I just bought a rad Indy from EBay. It seems to start
up fine, as shown
by the rockin' startup music! However... I can't get video... I have a
13w3 --> VGA adapter that was supposed to work with it. The light on
the Indy goes green but my NEC Multisync monitor stays red. I tried the
adapter on my IBM POWERstation and saw the NEC monitor turn amber. Any
thoughts?
Sun Adapter != IBM Adapter != SGI Adapter
If you have a Sun Adapter, it will not work on your SGI, and it will not
work on your RS/6000.
Peace... Sridhar
2:23 p.m.
On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Eric J. Korpela wrote:
It's not the three coax pins which are different. It's the other pins.
Peace... Sridhar
Sun Adapter !=
IBM Adapter != SGI Adapter
That's weird because my Sun adapter definitely works on my Indy. Maybe
it a question of what sync types your monitor supports. 
1:46 p.m.
owen(a)bardstown.com wrote:
I just bought a rad Indy from EBay. It seems to start
up fine, as shown by the
rockin' startup music! However... I can't get video... I have a 13w3 --> VGA
adapter that was supposed to work with it. The light on the Indy goes green but
my NEC Multisync monitor stays red. I tried the adapter on my IBM POWERstation
and saw the NEC monitor turn amber. Any thoughts?
-o
Does your monitor support the scan rates in question?
2:47 p.m.
And has the console device NVRAM setting set to the graphics adapter?
(If I remember correctly, you get black screen if its set to serial even
w/ graphics boards in one.)
You might try pulling the graphics adapters out, unplugging the
keyboard, and hooking up a serial console.
David
On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 19:46, Ryan K. Brooks wrote:
owen(a)bardstown.com wrote:
I just bought a rad Indy from EBay. It seems to
start up fine, as shown by the
rockin' startup music! However... I can't get video... I have a 13w3 --> VGA
adapter that was supposed to work with it. The light on the Indy goes green but
my NEC Multisync monitor stays red. I tried the adapter on my IBM POWERstation
and saw the NEC monitor turn amber. Any thoughts?
-o
Does your monitor support the scan rates in question?
2:45 p.m.
Or, leave the keyboard attached and see what comes out of the console...
be sure to use a null cable.
As a datapoint, my sun 13w3 adapter does work on my Onyx.
David's suggestion is a good one; many Indys turned into headless web
servers.
-Ryan
David Holland wrote:
And has the console device NVRAM setting set to the
graphics adapter?
(If I remember correctly, you get black screen if its set to serial even
w/ graphics boards in one.)
You might try pulling the graphics adapters out, unplugging the
keyboard, and hooking up a serial console.
David
On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 19:46, Ryan K. Brooks wrote:
owen(a)bardstown.com wrote:
I just bought a rad Indy from EBay. It seems to
start up fine, as shown by the
rockin' startup music! However... I can't get video... I have a 13w3 --> VGA
adapter that was supposed to work with it. The light on the Indy goes green but
my NEC Multisync monitor stays red. I tried the adapter on my IBM POWERstation
and saw the NEC monitor turn amber. Any thoughts?
-o
Does your monitor support the scan rates in question?
3:18 p.m.
On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Ryan K. Brooks wrote:
Or, leave the keyboard attached and see what comes out
of the console...
be sure to use a null cable.
As a datapoint, my sun 13w3 adapter does work on my Onyx.
If your Onyx is providing SOG (which I suspect it is), then that isn't a
datapoint. It's only when composite or separate sync is provided that
it's a problem.
Peace... Sridhar
4:04 p.m.
You've got to use a "sync on green" monitor with all 13W3 sgi products.
Secondly, make sure that the 13W3 adapter is for sgi and not sun (different
pinouts for monitor "mode" settings).
Lyle
On Friday 07 November 2003 14:45, owen(a)bardstown.com wrote:
I just bought a rad Indy from EBay. It seems to start
up fine, as shown by
the rockin' startup music! However... I can't get video... I have a 13w3
--> VGA adapter that was supposed to work with it. The light on the Indy
goes green but my NEC Multisync monitor stays red. I tried the adapter on
my IBM POWERstation and saw the NEC monitor turn amber. Any thoughts?
-o
--
Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
Mountain View, CA 94040
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
4:14 p.m.
I have a sun 17" monitor that works fine on all my SGI boxes, 2x indy, and a
indigo2, not to mention my sun's.. ultra 2 creator 3d and a cg6 card. So not
sure if the pin outs are that different or if i got lucky, i know all SGI's
except a couple require sync-on-green
James
On Friday 07 November 2003 21:04, Lyle Bickley wrote:
You've got to use a "sync on green"
monitor with all 13W3 sgi products.
Secondly, make sure that the 13W3 adapter is for sgi and not sun (different
pinouts for monitor "mode" settings).
Lyle
On Friday 07 November 2003 14:45, owen(a)bardstown.com wrote:
> I just bought a rad Indy from EBay. It seems to start up fine, as shown
> by the rockin' startup music! However... I can't get video... I have a
> 13w3 --> VGA adapter that was supposed to work with it. The light on the
> Indy goes green but my NEC Multisync monitor stays red. I tried the
> adapter on my IBM POWERstation and saw the NEC monitor turn amber. Any
> thoughts?
>
> -o
8 Nov
8 Nov
4:32 a.m.
FWIW, if anyone is looking for a "everything" monitor.
If you feel like spending it, a Sun 365-1383 can be had for 200$ if you
look around. It'll do 1600x1200@75, and has both 13W3, and VGA inputs.
So far the one I use has worked on everything I've plugged it into.
PC's, Crimson's, Indy's, Octane's, and illogically enough.. Sun's.
:-)
They're nice monitors, trinitron screen's, and well worth the money
(IMHO) - They're probably someone's OEM, but I don't know who's.
David
On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 22:14, James Dickens wrote:
I have a sun 17" monitor that works fine on all
my SGI boxes, 2x indy, and a
indigo2, not to mention my sun's.. ultra 2 creator 3d and a cg6 card. So not
sure if the pin outs are that different or if i got lucky, i know all SGI's
except a couple require sync-on-green
James
On Friday 07 November 2003 21:04, Lyle Bickley wrote:
> You've got to use a "sync on green" monitor with all 13W3 sgi
products.
> Secondly, make sure that the 13W3 adapter is for sgi and not sun (different
> pinouts for monitor "mode" settings).
>
> Lyle
>
> On Friday 07 November 2003 14:45, owen(a)bardstown.com wrote:
> > I just bought a rad Indy from EBay. It seems to start up fine, as shown
> > by the rockin' startup music! However... I can't get video... I have a
> > 13w3 --> VGA adapter that was supposed to work with it. The light on the
> > Indy goes green but my NEC Multisync monitor stays red. I tried the
> > adapter on my IBM POWERstation and saw the NEC monitor turn amber. Any
> > thoughts?
> >
> > -o
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