

Upgrading the O2 CPU
Welcome.
Your O2 is designed so you can upgrade the hardware yourself without
special training. But before you watch these videos or install the new
CPU, you need to install the required software. Follow the software
installation instructions in the "Installing the O2 CPU
Upgrade" document that comes with this package.
Once you've installed the software, take a look at these videos. They
provide a step-by-step demonstration of how to remove your current CPU
and install the new one. Before diving in, take a look at Getting Started for helpful hints on playing
videos.
O2 R5000 Workstation
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Preparing the R5000 O2 for the CPU Upgrade (1:14)
Learn which pieces of hardware you need to remove in order to
reach the CPU module.
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Installing the R5000 CPU Upgrade (1:48)
Watch how to remove the old CPU, install the new CPU, and
replace the parts you removed.
Note: The O2 workstation supports several CPU module
shapes. Your CPU module may look slightly different from the one shown
in the video, but the installation steps are the same.
O2 R10000 Workstation
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Preparing the R10000 O2 for the CPU Upgrade
(1:48)
Learn which pieces of hardware you need to remove in order to
reach the CPU module.
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Installing the R10000 CPU Upgrade
(2:18)
Watch how to remove the old CPU, install the new CPU, and
replace the parts you removed.
Note: The O2 workstation supports several CPU module
shapes. Your CPU module may look slightly different than the one shown
in the video, but the installation steps are the same.
If you don't have the printed O2 Workstation Owner's Guide handy,
you can look at the step-by -step instructions in the online O2
Workstation Hardware Reference Guide. The online book was installed
by default on the O2 system disk when you upgraded to IRIX 6.3 for O2
Including R10000. To locate the online book:
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From the Toolchest on your desktop, choose Help > Online Books >
SGI EndUser > O2 Workstation Hardware Reference Guide.
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Select "Ordering, Removing, and Installing Replacement
Parts."
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Search for either "Replacing the R5000 CPU Module" or
"Replacing the R10000 CPU Module," depending on your
workstation.
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Read the information online, or to print. choose Print from the Books
menu in IRIS InSight.
If the Hardware Reference Guide has been removed from the Insight
library on your system disk, you have two choices:
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View the book in the Silicon Graphics Technical Publications Library on
the Internet at:
http://www.sgi.com/techpubs.engr.sgi.com
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Install the O2 Workstation Hardware Reference Guide from the IRIX 6.3
for O2 Including R10000 CD. (For instructions, see the "Installing
the O2 CPU Upgrade" document that came with this upgrade kit.)
Produced by Richard Wright, Usability and Judy
Muchowski, End User Productions.
Special thanks to: Jeff Brown, Mike G. Chow, Linda
Garibay, Tom Gillis, Anita Good, Joe Noyes, Bob Sanders, David
Tristram, Bob Vallone, and Joe Wang.
Copyright 1997, Silicon Graphics, Inc. - All Rights
Reserved