SGI Visual Workstation 550 Documentation
SGI Visual Workstation 550 Documentation describes Silicon Graphics' manuals for the SGI Visual Workstation 550, published in 2000 and 2001, with the PDF of each.
Silicon Graphics 550 Visual Workstation User's Guide (007-4279-001)
[edit | edit source]The Silicon Graphics 550 Visual Workstation User's Guide is SGI's 168-page manual, document number 007-4279-001, version 001 of June 2000. This copy is SGI's own electronic edition with searchable text; the printed page numbers are 16 lower than the PDF page numbers. The guide credits chapters 3 and 4 to Acer Incorporated.[1]
Contents: 1 System Setup (p. 1), with the front bezel, rear panel, I/O ports and internal structure; 2 Installation of Customer Replaceable Components (p. 15): the beam, drives, power supply (p. 36), fans (p. 38), expansion cards (p. 47), system board (p. 51), I/O panel gasket and side panel lock; 3 System Board (p. 67): the M29A board, its layout (Figure 3-1, p. 72), board items and jumpers (Table 3-1, pp. 73–75), processors, RIMMs, expansion cards and the system error messages (Table 3-2, pp. 87–91); 4 Setup Utility (p. 93): every BIOS Setup screen and the passwords; Appendix A Connector Pinouts (p. 127); Appendix B Physical Environment Specifications (p. 137); Appendix C Regulatory Information (p. 139).[1]
It has no schematic, parts list or beep code table, and no information on the inside of the power supply, which SGI treats as a sealed unit.
Download: SGI Visual Workstation 550 User's Guide (007-4279-001).pdf
Release Notes for the Silicon Graphics 550 Visual Workstation (007-3941-002)
[edit | edit source]SGI's four-page release notes, document number 007-3941-002 (part 46.AD139.005), copyright 2001.[2]
Contents: 15 numbered notes, among them notes on the Windows NT service pack, Linux patches, an unseated AGP card as the cause of a failure to boot (1), SuSE 6.4 on V7 and VR7 systems (2), drive bay limits for 10,000 rpm and 3.5-inch disks (4–5), the 450 W auto-sensing power supply (6), the uniprocessor Windows NT kernel (7), the VR3 (NVIDIA NV10GL) under Red Hat 6.2 (8), the power button and LED (10, 13), the Adaptec driver for Windows NT on SCSI (11), the Intel 82559 network driver (12), the RIMM rules (14) and SCSI cable routing (15).[2]
These notes are the source of the RIMM pairing rules; the user guide does not state them in full.
Download: SGI Visual Workstation 550 Release Notes (007-3941-002).pdf
Installing an AGP Card in the Silicon Graphics 230, 330, and 550 Visual Workstations (007-4299-001)
[edit | edit source]SGI's eight-page installation note, document number 007-4299-001 (part 46.AB995.003), copyright 2001, shared by the 230, 330 and 550.[3]
Contents: removing the side panel, installing the AGP card, refitting the side panel, and installing the graphics driver from the Windows Resource CD or SGI ProPack 1.3 for Linux.[3]
Download: SGI Visual Workstation 230, 330 and 550 AGP Card Installation (007-4299-001).pdf
Pages that cite these documents
[edit | edit source]- SGI Visual Workstation 550 – specifications, system board, memory, storage, ports, power
- SGI Visual Workstation 550 General Maintenance – side panel, bezel, beam, fans, power supply, system board, RIMMs, SCSI placement
- SGI Visual Workstation 550 Troubleshooting Guide – BIOS error messages, jumpers, memory rules, drivers
- SGI Visual Workstation 550 Capacitor Replacement Guide – power assemblies
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Silicon Graphics, Inc., Silicon Graphics 550 Visual Workstation User's Guide, 007-4279-001, June 2000, contributors page, record of revision and contents (pp. ii–viii). Source: SGI TechPubs library mirror, techpubs.jurassic.nl, retrieved 2026-10-21. A Spanish edition is on archive.org.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Silicon Graphics, Inc., Release Notes for the Silicon Graphics 550 Visual Workstation, 007-3941-002, 2001, pp. 1–4. Source: techpubs.jurassic.nl, retrieved 2026-10-21.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Silicon Graphics, Inc., Installing an AGP Card in the Silicon Graphics 230, 330, and 550 Visual Workstations, 007-4299-001, 2001, pp. 1–7. Source: techpubs.jurassic.nl, retrieved 2026-10-21.