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I am trying to get an OLD 630MP up and running but my first attempt
gives me a blank screen.

I used a Sun-VGA adapter to try to plug the output of the Sun GX SBus
adapter to my regular PC monitor. But no luck. No output. Just a blank
screen.

I located another adapter that has 3-dip switches on it labeled 1-3 &
On/Off. Not sure what it is or if it is safe to use. Any ideas on
using it? Or DIP settings? Unfortunately no name on the thing either
so makes it tough. Also have a Sun to VGA cable made by Sun but
haven't tried it yet either.

Does anyone know if this card is compatible with or able to use a VGA
monitor?


Also when I hit the power switch I get a beep and some quick blinks of
the lights in the keyboard but nothing on the monitor and no other
activity. No flash on the CD and just a couple clicks from the hard
disk. After that the lighted keys on the keyboard will not light up
when pressed. I also noticed the diagnostic LEDs blink in sequence
with the last light remaining on, then they start blinking in sequence
again.

Any help gratefully appreciated.


Thanks,

Mike

On 6 May 2004 05:28:57 -0700
msargent100@hotmail.com (Mike) wrote:

> Or DIP settings?

The thing I know, that the my Ultra 1 and SS5 has 13W3 connector. It has
3 input signal, which is to identify the capability of the attached
display. I have it somewhere the settings. I think your switches are to
set thoes lines. I remember, that you have to pull the signals to
ground.

Have a look at:

http://lios.apana.org.au/~cdewick/da...mebuffers.html

Best regards:

Levente


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> signals to ground.

Nononono... tie to "sence common"...


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msargent100@hotmail.com (Mike) writes:
>I am trying to get an OLD 630MP up and running but my first attempt
>gives me a blank screen.

>I used a Sun-VGA adapter to try to plug the output of the Sun GX SBus
>adapter to my regular PC monitor. But no luck. No output. Just a blank
>screen.

It can, but VGA monitors have such a wide range of specs. The output
of the GX card will be something like 1152x900 at 66Hz or higher.

If you have an older 14" VGA monitor or even some older 17", this is
probably too high of a scan rate for it. I had an older Sony 17"
monitor that couldn't handle 1152x900 at 66Hz. The higher end Sony in
this line could do it, but it was also much more expensive (at the time).

So, its important to check on what your monitor can handle. Most newer
15" and up models certainly should be able to handle it, but older
ones are going to be questionable.
--
Doug McIntyre merlyn@visi.com
Network Engineer/Jack of All Trades
Vector Internet Services, Inc.

"Doug McIntyre" <merlyn@visi.com> wrote in message
news:409a7a87$0$8699$a18e6209@newsreader.visi.com. ..
> msargent100@hotmail.com (Mike) writes:
> >I am trying to get an OLD 630MP up and running but my first attempt
> >gives me a blank screen.
>
> >I used a Sun-VGA adapter to try to plug the output of the Sun GX SBus
> >adapter to my regular PC monitor. But no luck. No output. Just a blank
> >screen.
>
> It can, but VGA monitors have such a wide range of specs. The output
> of the GX card will be something like 1152x900 at 66Hz or higher.
>
> If you have an older 14" VGA monitor or even some older 17", this is
> probably too high of a scan rate for it. I had an older Sony 17"
> monitor that couldn't handle 1152x900 at 66Hz. The higher end Sony in
> this line could do it, but it was also much more expensive (at the time).
>
> So, its important to check on what your monitor can handle. Most newer
> 15" and up models certainly should be able to handle it, but older
> ones are going to be questionable.

I would think that 15" would be unlikely. I have a 17" NEC on my
sparcstation 10.
However as some one says elsewhere you may need to adjust the settings for
type.
On the SparcStation 10 you can set the res in the OpenBoot params. Might be
worth trying a terminal emulator.


> --
> Doug McIntyre merlyn@visi.com
> Network Engineer/Jack of All Trades
> Vector Internet Services, Inc.

"David Wade" <g8mqw@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<2gfd5lF2c82dU1@uni-berlin.de>...
> "Doug McIntyre" <merlyn@visi.com> wrote in message
> news:409a7a87$0$8699$a18e6209@newsreader.visi.com. ..
> > msargent100@hotmail.com (Mike) writes:
> > >I am trying to get an OLD 630MP up and running but my first attempt
> > >gives me a blank screen.
>
> > >I used a Sun-VGA adapter to try to plug the output of the Sun GX SBus
> > >adapter to my regular PC monitor. But no luck. No output. Just a blank
> > >screen.
> >
> > It can, but VGA monitors have such a wide range of specs. The output
> > of the GX card will be something like 1152x900 at 66Hz or higher.
> >
> > If you have an older 14" VGA monitor or even some older 17", this is
> > probably too high of a scan rate for it. I had an older Sony 17"
> > monitor that couldn't handle 1152x900 at 66Hz. The higher end Sony in
> > this line could do it, but it was also much more expensive (at the time).
> >
> > So, its important to check on what your monitor can handle. Most newer
> > 15" and up models certainly should be able to handle it, but older
> > ones are going to be questionable.
>
> I would think that 15" would be unlikely. I have a 17" NEC on my
> sparcstation 10.
> However as some one says elsewhere you may need to adjust the settings for
> type.
> On the SparcStation 10 you can set the res in the OpenBoot params. Might be
> worth trying a terminal emulator.
>
>
> > --
> > Doug McIntyre merlyn@visi.com
> > Network Engineer/Jack of All Trades
> > Vector Internet Services, Inc.


I have an old (~9yr old) Micron 17in monitor. It will work with MS
Windows upto 1280x1024x75hz resolution just fine. But it will not work
with on the Sun system. I'm thinking of trying the adapter with the
dip switches, but am reluctant that it might damage my monitor - Any
info if this could happen?

But for my install, I borrowed a Sun monitor from work and got the
system up and running.

Any ideas if some of the newer LCD flat panel PC monitors might work
with the Sun?


Thanks,
Mike
I gave up and borrowed a Sun monit