> It crashes often, specially on any software that SGI has developed
> for it.
Specifics? [I'm not trying to FUD you, but to help...]
Make sure you have the latest gfx driver from support.sgi.com, BTW.
I don't seem to see the same things as you do over here -- with the master release bits (and some more recent beta bits as well). In fact, I have yet to see a blue screen of death ;).
The fact the screen saver doesn't work is pretty suspect -- I've seen that on several of the beta bits, but not on Master Release software. You may want to reload the machine from the OS CDs (if these are indeed the MR CDs), and then apply the latest firmware, gfx etc. fixes from the support site, just to be sure that there isn't an issue with the image that got on disk.
I have absolutely *no* problems with Netscape, nor with using 'standard' components like a Universal PCI Adaptec SCSI board with latest drivers from their web site. As far as I can see it, apart from the memory (and I also hope that third-party memory appears fast), there's nothing proprietary about peripheral stuff (it is a 3.3V only PCI bus, but that's not proprietary, though it does cause grief with older non-universal PCI cards unless you fork out on a Bit3 converter box).
What software is 'not compatible with off-the-shelf software'?
I'm also puzzled by your "the PCI card is an old design" comment. The machine doesn't *come* with any PCI card... |
