tomo's O2 R7k 600Mhz

tomo · **Posted:** Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:01 am

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CPU: QED RM7000 Processor Chip Revision: 5.3
FPU: QED RM7000 Floating Point Coprocessor Revision: 5.0
1 602 MHZ IP32 Processor
Main memory size: 512 Mbytes
Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 256 Kbytes on Processor 0
Ternary unified instruction/data cache size: 1 Mbyte on Processor 0
Instruction cache size: 16 Kbytes
Data cache size: 16 Kbytes
FLASH PROM version 4.18
Integral SCSI controller 0: Version ADAPTEC 7880
  Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 1)
  Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 2)
  CDROM: unit 4 on SCSI controller 0
Integral SCSI controller 1: Version ADAPTEC 7880
On-board serial ports: tty1
On-board serial ports: tty2
On-board EPP/ECP parallel port
CRM graphics installed
Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1
Iris Audio Processor: version A3 revision 0
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x9004, device 0x8078) PCI slot 1
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x9004, device 0x8078) PCI slot 2
Video: MVP unit 0 version 1.4
AV: AV1 Card version 1, O2Cam type 1 version 0 connected.
Vice: TRE

So today arrives my new CPU

BIG THANKS to WLATHER...
Boost from my stock R5200/300 is incredible!
What else say?
Monitor connected to my O2 is mirovideo 22" with O2 camera sitting on it -> there is plenty of space

Compaq deutch keyboard (for me wery terrible becouse many characters on keys don't match what you get on screen with english setting)
Black logitech optical USB mouse - connected trough original USB/PS2 converter

Hardware unconnected to O2 or not connected everyday :
Adaptec 2940UW PCI SCSI adapter
100Mb PCI second network adapter - useless to me this time
Microtek 636 scanner (very low end but it works)
two ~10GB scsi disks - maybe I will use them somehow externaly

So this is my "number cruncher"

kramlq · **Posted:** Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:57 pm

Very nice. Time to update your sig BTW

The 600MHz upgrade is on my list of things to do, but those 300MHz modules are hard to find.

tomo · **Posted:** Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:38 pm

I was wery lucky guy, when I was buying O2 I can choose between R10k@195 and R5k@300 R5k@300 has much better skins, and also Ian on his sites nicely describes diferences between R10k and R5k configurations so I choose R5k even for it's lower integer performance.

After 1 month I'v statred to search "for something faster" and I realize that only one faster 5k cpu was released (7k@350) but I'v also realize that it is quite rare. Than I'v found that the 600MHz hack can be done - but after reading article about it I realized that I can't build it myself. So another searching, some mails, fired first deadline, waiting some time, and I have it

SGIFanLongTime · **Joined:** Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:03 am **Posts:** 65

Do you know if it's possible to have someone perform the upgrade for you?

I have a 300mhz CPU module, and the 600mhz upgrade chip. I just don't have the hardware skills neccessary to perform the upgrade, and would like to swap an already upgraded board for my existing board + cpu.

Any idea who I might contact for sucn an endeavor?

Thanks in advance.

--gs

strandedinnz · **Posted:** Fri Oct 17, 2008 1:52 pm

There is a chap here in NZ who I think has 3 R5200 300Mhz machines, think he lurks here as well ... want me to ask if he'd part with some ? I think he wants a 600mhz upgrade himself as well.

Mark

tomo · **Posted:** Sat Sep 05, 2009 4:21 pm

Since my O2 canibalized other non functional SGI it results in some HW upgrades. Namely memory 512 -> 576, and harddisk 2x9GB -> 18GB + 9GB. From crashed O2 I have spare parts like AV1 board, some 32MB memory sticks, CDROM. And maybe frontplane (I don't know if it must match mainboard).

So my hinv now looks like:

Code:

CPU: QED RM7000 Processor Chip Revision: 5.3
FPU: QED RM7000 Floating Point Coprocessor Revision: 5.0
1 602 MHZ IP32 Processor
Main memory size: 576 Mbytes
Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 256 Kbytes on Processor 0
Ternary unified instruction/data cache size: 1 Mbyte on Processor 0
Instruction cache size: 16 Kbytes
Data cache size: 16 Kbytes
FLASH PROM version 4.18
Integral SCSI controller 0: Version ADAPTEC 7880
  Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 1)
  Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 2)
  CDROM: unit 4 on SCSI controller 0
Integral SCSI controller 1: Version ADAPTEC 7880
PCI SCSI controller 2: Version ADAPTEC 7880
On-board serial ports: tty1
On-board serial ports: tty2
On-board EPP/ECP parallel port
CRM graphics installed
Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1
Iris Audio Processor: version A3 revision 0
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x9004, device 0x8078) PCI slot 1
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x9004, device 0x8078) PCI slot 2
  PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x9004, device 0x8178) PCI slot 3
Video: MVP unit 0 version 1.4
AV: AV1 Card version 1, O2Cam type 1 version 0 connected.
Vice: TRE

"New" system disk is Quantum Atlas V 10k rpm 18GB drive.
Measured time for boot identical system (6.5.26) from total start of O2 is ~1.35min witch is better for ~12 seconds compared to old disk (I hoped for bigger speedup).

JacquesT · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:23 am

Always love reading about O2's. Yeah they're a bit slow but what the hell!

You can try and squeeze some more time from your boot process by disabling unnecessary processes at startup.

-J

mapesdhs · **Posted:** Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:23 am

Turning off esp alone can cut boot time as much as 60 seconds.

For those who don't already have R5K/300 modules, I have several ready-to-go R7K/600 modules available.
And my site now has full benchmark results for the R7K/600.

Ian.

tomo · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:58 am

This is my current chkconfig setup. Suggestions what to turn off are welcome.

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   Flag                 State               
   ====                 =====               
   acct                 off
   audit                off
   autoconfig_ipaddress on
   autofs               on
   automount            on
   bsdlpr               off
   csaacct              off
   desktop              on
   esp                  off
   fcagent              off
   fontserver           off
   fw_cups              off
   fw_mcserv            off
   fw_privoxy           off
   fw_slpd              off
   fw_sshd              on
   fw_tor               off
   gated                off
   grio                 on
   grio2                off
   ipaliases            on
   lockd                on
   lp                   off
   mediad               on
   miser                off
   mrouted              off
   named                off
   ndpd                 on
   nds                  off
   network              on
   nfs                  on
   nfsd                 on
   noiconlogin          off
   nostickytmp          off
   nsd                  on
   pam                  off
   pmcd                 off
   pmie                 off
   privileges           on
   proclaim_relayagent  off
   proclaim_server      off
   proxymngr            off
   quickpage            off
   quotacheck           off
   quotas               off
   rarpd                off
   rfindd               on
   route6d              off
   routed               off
   rpcbind              on
   rsvpd                off
   rtmond               on
   rwhod                off
   samba                on
   sar                  off
   savecore             off
   sendmail             off
   sendmail_cf          off
   sesdaemon            off
   snetd                off
   snmpd                off
   soundscheme          on
   sshd                 off
   timed                off
   timeslave            off
   ts                   off
   verbose              on
   visuallogin          off
   vswap                on
   winbind              off
   windowsystem         on
   xdm                  on
   xlv                  on
   yp                   on
   ypmaster             off
   ypserv               off

Computer is connected to internet trouch D-link router witch also acts as dhcp server.
I'm also using NFS to share data with Linux notebook. System also runs fw_samba (swat was/is nice configuration tool) to connection with windows machines. Otherwise is used as day to day computer - e.g. web browsing. Movie watching. And sometimes (when I have "taste???") maya modeling.

mapesdhs · **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:40 am

> This is my current chkconfig setup. Suggestions what to turn off are welcome.

Hmm, mostly looks ok, but you could probably safely turn off grio, ipaliases, xlv and yp.

Also, make sure the 'hosts' lines in /etc/nsswitch.conf is set to:

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hosts: files dns nis

Lastly, I change the MSGTIME delay in /etc/init.d/network to 0, and the filesystem delay time in /etc/filesystems to 0
(search the file for 'p 5'). Makes bootup quicker if a filesystem doesn't mount, etc.

Ian.

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