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Release Notes for the Silicon Graphics
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550 Visual Workstation
Caution:
Systems pre-installed with Windows NT Workstation 4.0 also include
the latest Service Pack available at the time of shipment. Should you need to
re-install Windows NT Workstation 4.0 on your system, please use the provided
Windows NT Workstation NT 4.0 media. Although a Service Pack CD is included
in the Windows NT Workstation 4.0 media kit shipping with your system, please
DO NOT use this. Instead, please refer to the following URL
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/
.
Systems shipped with Red Hat Linux 6.2 and ProPack 1.3-VW preinstalled may contain
patches to add support for newer revisions of hardware. For systems with VR3 graphics
cards manufactured after September 2000, patch 10002 allows the Xserver to initialize
properly on systems containing the VR3 graphics card.
This patch can be found at /usr/PATCHES 10002 on your preinstalled system disk. SGI
recommends that you backup /usr/PATCHES to a local server should you need to
reinstall your system software.
The patch can also be downloaded from the SGI Supportfolio site at
http://support.sgi.com/linux/downloads/patch10002.html. After downloading the
patch, follow the instructions in the README file for information on properly
reinstalling your system software.
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If your system will not boot-up after unpacking it for the first time, the problem
may be an unseated graphics card. To properly seat the graphics card you should
turn off the system and unplug the system from the power source before removing
the side panel as described in the Owner’s Manual. Once the side panel has been
removed you should follow all electrostatic discharge (ESD) precautions as
described in your Owner’s Manual before gently pushing the AGP (Graphics) card
