Folks,

I've been given 2 SGI O2 machines no longer needed by work. As far as 
work know they both work - although that would have been a while ago :-) 

They seem to be operational - in the sense that the chord can be heard 
on boot, and the fromt LED goes orange then green on the front. However, 
neither actually displays anything on the screen when I connect either a 
newish LCD nor an older CTX monitor to them. Also, the keyboard capslock 
LED doesnt light up.

Both monitors do perceive there is a 1280x1024 signal coming in - 
although they think its at different rates.

When I try to switch it off, it does so fairly promptly but not 
immediately - about 2-3 secs delay. There is a CD drive and the tray 
will pop out as requested. I've nothing to put in it though.

I've tried attaching a serial console on one of them but this hasn't 
helped. I've actually got a laptop running SecureCRT 3 using a cable I 
know worked for another console type issue, but I can't easily change 
the null-modem state (I think it is already nulled, so I'm saying I 
can't easily try straight-through). The serial port is set at 9600 8N1, 
no flow control.

Are they both dead?

Regards,

Ruth