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westothemax · 06-26-2003, 05:53 PM

Alright I've been using PCs for as long as i can remember. Today at work we upgraded our server, and my manager gave me the old machine.. just to play around with. It's a Sun Ultra 5 workstation. The only spec I know so far is that it has 256mb RAM - no idea how fast the processor is, or how big the HD is. The rest of the specs are standard I think - 48x CD, audio and video, etc.

So my problem is upon setting it up, I found that I can't get the display to show anything. I made sure that I didn't need a special adapter, and sure enough Ultra 5s and 10s do not need any VGA adapter but other Ultras do. I tried a couple different monitors, one older 15" and a new 19", as well as a 15" LCD. No luck with any of them. The monitor isn't recieving any signal. Any ideas? I'm afraid this is something uber simple like hitting a key combination or something.

I would ask my manager for help but he just went off to Hawaii on a backpacking trip (lucky bastard).

Anyway after I get past this, I'm probably going to reformat it and reinstall the original software. My manager didn't have any of the disks that came with the machine. I read that these "restore disk" type things Sun has are around $100. Is there anyway I can reformat and reinstall without throwing down $100?

06-26-2003, 05:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
westothemax Insane Location: Bay Area	Got an Ultra 5, now what? Alright I've been using PCs for as long as i can remember. Today at work we upgraded our server, and my manager gave me the old machine.. just to play around with. It's a Sun Ultra 5 workstation. The only spec I know so far is that it has 256mb RAM - no idea how fast the processor is, or how big the HD is. The rest of the specs are standard I think - 48x CD, audio and video, etc. So my problem is upon setting it up, I found that I can't get the display to show anything. I made sure that I didn't need a special adapter, and sure enough Ultra 5s and 10s do not need any VGA adapter but other Ultras do. I tried a couple different monitors, one older 15" and a new 19", as well as a 15" LCD. No luck with any of them. The monitor isn't recieving any signal. Any ideas? I'm afraid this is something uber simple like hitting a key combination or something. I would ask my manager for help but he just went off to Hawaii on a backpacking trip (lucky bastard). Anyway after I get past this, I'm probably going to reformat it and reinstall the original software. My manager didn't have any of the disks that came with the machine. I read that these "restore disk" type things Sun has are around $100. Is there anyway I can reformat and reinstall without throwing down $100?