Hi, I own a Octane that I start up every five years or so.
I have noted that its getting increasingly more difficult to get a sync signal to my VGA monitor, and now I'm wondering what effect does the RTC-battery have on a SGI system? On a old PC-system the clock and BIOS-settings would be reset, but how does a faulty battery effect a SGI-system, are there any other settings saved except time and date?
My O2 computer also have problem starting up, once I press the power button, the system starts firing up for one second, then powers down. I need to remove the power cord and press the power button once more for it to successfully start up. It's like the capacitors needs to charge up to manage a full power on.
Old Amiga 600 are notorious for needing recapping because of their SMD-capacitors are of bad quality. Is it common to need to recap SGI-computers, and are there any certain capacitors on O2/Octance systems that often need to be replaced? Are there any recap-kits being sold out there? Like https://amigakit.amiga.store/a600-capacitor-pack-professional-recapping-p-12643.html
Thanks!
I have noted that its getting increasingly more difficult to get a sync signal to my VGA monitor, and now I'm wondering what effect does the RTC-battery have on a SGI system? On a old PC-system the clock and BIOS-settings would be reset, but how does a faulty battery effect a SGI-system, are there any other settings saved except time and date?
My O2 computer also have problem starting up, once I press the power button, the system starts firing up for one second, then powers down. I need to remove the power cord and press the power button once more for it to successfully start up. It's like the capacitors needs to charge up to manage a full power on.
Old Amiga 600 are notorious for needing recapping because of their SMD-capacitors are of bad quality. Is it common to need to recap SGI-computers, and are there any certain capacitors on O2/Octance systems that often need to be replaced? Are there any recap-kits being sold out there? Like https://amigakit.amiga.store/a600-capacitor-pack-professional-recapping-p-12643.html
Thanks!