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I got my shipping notification as well!

After more research, I was incorrect in my error assessment. The error is more of a generic interrupt error. I haven't copied the full stack trace I get, but if it fails the POST test immediately, it shows as "Interrupt Controller Diagnostic" fail. I'm going to try and confirm if it's a heat...

I agree that SGI machines seem to be much more fiddly in both hardware and software from their contemporary Sun counterparts, but this might be partly due to the fact that I spend a lot of time with Suns back in the day. Even so, in the last month I've brought back to life two Octanes, a R4K...

I'd swap CPU module from the one board to the other at this point... Yes - the lightbar uses incandescent bulbs, and they often are burnt out at this point. There are pointers on-line on how to replace the bulb or "upgrade" to an LED.

Looking forward to seeing it in action!

Do you get any kind of light at the lightbar when you turn it on? Usually starts out white, then turns red until initial diags pass. This assumes the bulbs in your light bar are not burned out, which can be very likely...

The last couple of weeks have been "SGI Recovery" time. I've been working on a Octane, Indigos, and and Indy. My question comes up since all of these have a dark plastic for their cases - blue in the case of the Indigos and green for the Octane. On these dark plastics, scratches and scuffs are...

Wow - you did your Octane way cheaper than me! :) From a quick look, it don't see why that board wouldn't work, unless it needs a different backplane version. Are you able to swap over just the CPU module from the new board to the working board? If you have pics of both boards it might help.

I will place this in the marketplace as well, but I could use a good front door with the old Octane script for my machine. The one I have took a big scratch right across the "Octane" lettering and the silkscreen is gouged. Don't necessarily need the whole front, but would consider it if the...

To wrap back around on this thread... Seems the RAM on the card was failed, and no real way (that I could find) to isolate and/or replace. I ended up buying another video card which is working great.

That seems totally logical to me, but I was hoping there was maybe a lucky exception :)

Very cool!

I have not been able to pull out my backlit Portable to test; would this same issue happen with the MacEffects card?

Two "related" items that I enjoy in my collection. The bunnyman wanders in from time to time...

Weekday afternoon makes this hard, but I'll see what can do - and what I should bring!

I have two of the Cameo/Aphid boards from ArcaneByte and they work great.

I replied on the other forum as well, but I'd love to have a BOM for caps for the 2300c logic board.

The "click and line" seems to be normal on the Lisa I have and others I've been in contact with. Great progress on getting your machine functional!

@This Does Not Compute did the last group buy, and may be willing to share details with you.

Accelerators and sound don't always play well together. In the old times there was usually a control panel or init that would modify the sound code to get the timing correct. Don't know if such a thing is necessary for this particular accelerator.