SGI hardware Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

• Introduction
• -1- GENERAL INFORMATION
• -2- Where can I get a copy of SGI's Periodic Table of the Irises?
• -3- What third-party vendors sell thus-and-such for SGIs?
• -4- Where can I get used SGI machines?
• -5- What is my old SGI machine worth?
• -6- What about my IRIS 2000 or 3000?
• -7- Should I shut off my Iris at night?
• -8- How fast is my R4000 or R4400 machine?
• -9- What is the IP number of each SGI model?
• -10- MEMORY
• -11- Can I mix 1MB and 2MB SIMMS in my 4D/20 & 4D/25 Personal IRISes?
• -12- Can I add 4MB SIMMS to my 4D/20 or 4D/25 PI?
• -13- How many 4MB SIMMS can be put into an Indigo?
• -14- How can I find a bad SIMM?
• -15- Why does my system tell me I need a revision C Memory Controller (MC) chip?
• -16- MONITORS AND VIDEO HARDWARE
• -17- My monitor is maladjusted in some way. How to fix it?
• -18- Can I have 2 graphics displays on my Indigo?
• -19- What do I need to do stereo on an Onyx/RE2?
• -20- Can I use my SGI monitor on my PC?
• -21- Can I use my PC monitor on my SGI?
• -22- What video formats, scan rate, etc. do SGI monitors support?
• -23- How can I set my Indy to use 1280x1024 pixels on a third-party monitor?
• -24- STORAGE DEVICES
• -25- What do all these SCSI technical terms mean?
• -26- How many SCSI devices can I have on an Indigo?
• -27- How do I install external SCSI disks on my SGI?
• -28- What kind of DAT drive does SGI sell for the Indigo?
• -29- Can I use a 3rd-party cartridge tape drive on my Indigo?
• -30- Which Exabyte drives work with SGI systems?
• -31- How to connect my 3rd-party tape drive to my SGI?
• -32- How should I set up my tape drive so tar's 'r' and 'u' options work?
• -33- What do I do when I can't read a tar tape made on another system?
• -34- Why can't I write a tape on my DEC DAT drive and read it on my SGI?
• -35- How can I recover a partially overwritten tar tape?
• -36- When and how should I clean my tape drive?
• -37- Why don't no-rewind tape devices always work in IRIX 5.3/6.0.1?
• -38- What dump parameters should I use?
• -39- How can I eject a jammed tape or CD?
• ! -40- Can I use a non-SGI CD-ROM on my SGI?
• -41- Why can't Joe User eject his CD-ROM?
• -42- How can Joe User mount and unmount his magneto-optical disk?
• -43- Why do SGI SCSI controllers have host ID 0 instead of the usual 7?
• -44- What about Syquest and Zip removable media drives?
• -45- EVERYTHING ELSE
• -46- How long can my monitor/keyboard/mouse/Indycam cables be?
• -47- How fast is the Indigo parallel port?
• -48- What are the differences between the Indigo R4000 and Indigo2?
• -49- What high speed interfaces are available for Onyx?
• -50- Why doesn't my modem work?
• -51- What mice can I use with my Indigo or Indigo2?
• -52- What mice or trackballs can I use with my Onyx?
• -53- What about uninterruptable power supplies?
• -54- How can ordinary users control the multi-channel option (MCO)?