From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from oss.sgi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g5SKMKnC015367 for ; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 13:22:20 -0700 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g5SKMKtV015366 for linux-mips-outgoing; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 13:22:20 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: oss.sgi.com: majordomo set sender to owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com using -f Received: from mail.ntr.net (genoa.broadwing.net [65.90.208.154]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with SMTP id g5SKMBnC015357; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 13:22:12 -0700 Received: from ntr.net (12-220-164-56.client.insightBB.com [12.220.164.56]) by mail.ntr.net (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g5SKPnq0021629; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 16:25:50 -0400 Message-ID: <3D1CC755.5C3D4C45@ntr.net> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 16:30:13 -0400 From: "Marco C. Mason" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.8-26mdk i586) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ralf Baechle CC: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: Need contact info for Origin 200 References: <3D1C9464.91CD9F71@ntr.net> <20020628192144.A25357@dea.linux-mips.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests= version=2.20 X-Spam-Level: Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Ralf-- Thanks for your reply! --marco Ralf Baechle wrote: > On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 12:52:52PM -0400, Marco C. Mason wrote: > > > The only difficulty is that these things are LOUD! I'd like to find out > > if there are any temperature monitors inside the thing, and if I can run > > the fans at a reduced speed, or remove some of the fans to make them > > reasonable in a home environment. They don't do a lot (as I just do > > some CPU-intensive stuff on them every once in a while, and very little > > disk-I/O). > > Via the system controller you can set the fan speed. Only the fan speeds > n like normal and h like high are supported. If the machine feels like > it is hot or one of the fans has failed it'll automatically switch the > fan speed to h. If more than one fan fails it'll power off ... > > > Thus, I'd like to find a contact for simple (but technical) hardware > > questions like these on the Origin 200. If you guys could send me a > > friendly contact or two, I'd be very grateful. > > Well, try this list. > > > (I'm also interested in making the thing dual-boot Irix & Linux, if the > > Linux port is close to operating... I've also got a pair of Indys that > > I'm planning on sacrificing to the Linux gods...) > > The Indy port is in reasonable shape; the O200 port has decayed a bit > over the past months but as far as time permits I'm working on getting > it to run again. > > Ralf