SGI Visual Workstation 540 Documentation
SGI Visual Workstation 540 Documentation describes Silicon Graphics' manuals for the SGI Visual Workstation 540, all published in 1999, with the PDF of each.
Silicon Graphics 540 Visual Workstation Owner's Guide (007-3882-001)
[edit | edit source]The Silicon Graphics 540 Visual Workstation Owner's Guide is SGI's 210-page owner's manual, document number 007-3882-001, copyright 1999. This copy is SGI's own electronic edition with searchable text; the printed page numbers are 16 lower than the PDF page numbers.[1]
Contents: 1 Getting Started (p. 1); 2 Opening the System (p. 17), including the labelled interior view, Figure 2-6 (p. 23); 3 Memory (p. 27); 4 Internal Drives (p. 45); 5 Option Cards (p. 71), including the flat panel and Silicon Graphics SD1100 option cards; 6 Processors and Voltage Regulators (p. 101), with the processor and regulator pairing diagram (p. 103) and the speed jumper table (pp. 111–112); 7 Power Supply, Battery, and Fans (p. 119); 8 Maintenance and Troubleshooting (p. 139), with the troubleshooting table (pp. 141–144), the LED blink codes (p. 145) and the password jumper procedure (pp. 146–148); 9 Customer Support and Warranty (p. 149); Appendix A Technical Specifications (p. 155); Appendix B Port Information (p. 161); Appendix C SCSI Information (p. 173); Appendix D Regulatory Information.[1]
It has no schematics, parts list or component values, and no information on the inside of the power supply or the voltage regulator cards.
Download: SGI Visual Workstation 540 Owner's Guide (007-3882-001).pdf
Silicon Graphics 320 and Silicon Graphics 540 Visual Workstation Software Installation Guide (007-3703-002)
[edit | edit source]SGI's 66-page software guide for both Cobalt workstations, document number 007-3703-002, copyright 1999.[2]
Contents: setting up Windows NT for the first time (p. 5); using the Silicon Graphics CDs (p. 10); reinstalling the system software from the Recovery CDs (p. 12); installing service packs (p. 25); partitioning the system disk (p. 26), with the partition table for IDE and SCSI boot disks (p. 27); configuring graphics memory (p. 29); the System Properties control panel (p. 32); configuring system firmware options (p. 35), with startup settings (p. 38), the default boot entries (p. 41) and system settings (p. 43), including the power-on diagnostics level (p. 45).[2]
It covers software and firmware settings only.
Download: SGI Visual Workstation 320 and 540 Software Installation Guide (007-3703-002).pdf
Shared documents for the 320 and 540
[edit | edit source]Two more SGI documents cover both machines. Both are described at SGI Visual Workstation 320 Documentation:
- Silicon Graphics Visual Workstations System Firmware User's Guide for Windows NT (007-4225-001): File:SGI Visual Workstations System Firmware User's Guide (007-4225-001).pdf. The firmware screens, the Recovery from Electrical Power Loss setting (p. 8) and the PROM update from Recovery CD 2 (pp. 12–14).[3]
- Silicon Graphics Visual Workstations for Windows NT: Integrated Visual Computing Architecture (IVC), white paper: File:SGI Visual Workstations Integrated Visual Computing Architecture White Paper (1999).pdf. The Cobalt chipset, the unified memory system and the 540's memory and processor options (sections 2.1 and 2.2).[4]
Pages that cite these documents
[edit | edit source]- SGI Visual Workstation 540 – specifications, architecture, processors, memory, storage, ports, power
- SGI Visual Workstation 540 General Maintenance – covers, fans, battery, memory, power supply, boot entry
- SGI Visual Workstation 540 Troubleshooting Guide – Table 8-1, LED blink codes, diagnostics, processor rules, speed jumpers, password jumper
- SGI Visual Workstation 540 Capacitor Replacement Guide – power assemblies and AC ratings
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Silicon Graphics, Inc., Silicon Graphics 540 Visual Workstation Owner's Guide, 007-3882-001, 1999, title page, contents (from p. iii) and chapter openings. Source: SGI TechPubs library mirror, techpubs.jurassic.nl, retrieved 2026-10-21. An Italian edition, 007-3882-001ITA, is on archive.org.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Silicon Graphics, Inc., Silicon Graphics 320 and Silicon Graphics 540 Visual Workstation Software Installation Guide, 007-3703-002, 1999, title page and contents (p. ix). Source: techpubs.jurassic.nl, retrieved 2026-10-21.
- ↑ Silicon Graphics, Inc., Silicon Graphics Visual Workstations System Firmware User's Guide for Windows NT, 007-4225-001, 1999, contents (p. iii), pp. 8 and 12–14.
- ↑ Silicon Graphics, Inc., Silicon Graphics Visual Workstations for Windows NT: Integrated Visual Computing Architecture (IVC), white paper, 1999, sections 2.1 and 2.2.