[SunRescue] Dead Sparc 20

[Gregory Leblanc]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Coyne [mailto:andy_coyne at modusmedia.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 9:08 PM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: [SunRescue] Dead Sparc 20
> 
> Guys,
> 
> I might inherit a sparc 20 that was working fine about a year 
> ago, 1GB drive and 32MB ram. :) It was finally shutdown 
> cleanly and mothballed. The machine worked fine until that time.
> 
> On attempting to start it up again, it is completely dead. Or 
> as John Cleese would say, "THIS IS AN EX-SPARC!!"
>  
> Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.

Does the PS supply fan spin?  If not, have you tried plugging in a power
cord?  :-)  Barring that, maybe it's a bad power supply.
If the power supply comes online, does it beep or anything?  What do you
have hooked up for a console?  Do you have a real keyboard?  Supply a few
more details, and maybe we can come up with something.  (sorry for my awful
humor this evening)
	Grego