[SunRescue] Broken 3/60 board

Maarten Deen mdeen at xs4all.nl
Wed Jan 26 10:05:07 CST 2000


> 
> >Unfortunately the 3/60 does not have the extended diagnostics of the
> >3/50, which are very useful for finding problems. The extra ROM space
> >was used for more boot media options.
> 
>    Actually, the presence or absence of useful extended diagnostics is
> a function of ROM revision. On all models, older ROMs have them and newer
> ROMs don't as the space was used for boot options instead. Some of the
> newer ROMs also lost the help screen.
>    Even newer ROMs usually have an ethernet test available, though. I
> dislike them because the thing I want to test most often is memory, and
> those tests are all gone. :P

I don't know which ROM revision I've got (not near it ATM), but it has
some test functions: serial, kb/mouse and ethernet. The ethernet test
fails (I've tested it) with some kind of error message.
Next step for me will probably be desoldering this thing.

Maarten






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