[SunRescue] 690MP questions

[Jerome R Radcliffe]

I've got a working 690MP here with the same configuration. Do any of the
leds stay on on the back of the mainboard?  Mine seemed to work just fine.
Also you might want to try connecting to the serial port to see if there
are errors.....


Jay

Jay Radcliffe 
Unix Administrator 
College of Engineering Wayne State University
jay at eng.wayne.edu

On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Eric Randall wrote:

> I picked up a 690MP just the other day.  I stuck a single slot gx
> framebuffer in one of the SBUS slots on the main board thinking this
> would automatically be used as
> the console.  The machine fires up, the roaring of the fans, the wierd
> blinking/marquee leds are flashing and doing strange things,  etc., but
> the monitor just blinked once, then nothing.  Can someone tell me what I
> should be doing (besides pulling my head out)?   I've been having a hard
> time finding information on this machine as well. The hardware FAQ seems
> to not have as much on the 4/6xx machines.  The sun docs site has
> apparently retired any information regarding these.  Thanks for any
> suggestions.
> 
> 
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