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First post, by George Razvan

Posted on 2024-01-31, 11:46

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Hi all,

I have this board for a few years. According to the data sheet it is a Permedia 2 board, for Sun systems. I have tested it, and just like I expected, it showed just a blank screen so I have just added it to the collection.
However I've seen videos with this board on intel platforms, and I would like to try it. I have other permedia 2,but this one looks...well,different. So, if somebody is familiar with this board, and can help, that would be appreciated.

Tks

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Reply 1 of 4, by RandomStranger

Posted on 2024-01-31, 12:01

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I used to have one. If you boot your PC with two graphics cards, one whatever that posts and the other is this one, you'll see that the device manager recognizes the Sun Permedia 2 too and drivers can be installed. That's as far as I got with it, then ran out of patience and sold it.

Edit. Allegedly if you do it like this, than it should post after the drivers load or something, but it didn't for me.

Reply 2 of 4, by George Razvan

Posted on 2024-01-31, 12:03

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RandomStranger wrote on 2024-01-31, 12:01:

I used to have one. If you boot your PC with two graphics cards, one whatever that posts and the other is this one, you'll see that the device manager recognizes the Sun Permedia 2 too and drivers can be installed. That's as far as I got with it, then ran out of patience and sold it.

So the problem would be the firmware?

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Posted on 2024-01-31, 12:05

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That was my suspicion too, but never attempted to tamper with the firmware/BIOS.

Reply 4 of 4, by tokenalt

Posted on 2024-01-31, 15:01

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George Razvan wrote on 2024-01-31, 12:03:

RandomStranger wrote on 2024-01-31, 12:01:

I used to have one. If you boot your PC with two graphics cards, one whatever that posts and the other is this one, you'll see that the device manager recognizes the Sun Permedia 2 too and drivers can be installed. That's as far as I got with it, then ran out of patience and sold it.

So the problem would be the firmware?

The firmware is fcode for Openboot on a SPARC system but should also work on a PPC Mac and some IBM Power systems. It is not an x86 BIOS.

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