[rescue] Ultra2 troubleshooting

[David Holland]

Did you try booting it, w/ a serial connection to port A, (9600/N/8/1) 
and the keyboard _NOT_ plugged in? 

Sun's are a little backwards, in that they presume if you have a
keyboard plugged in, that you have a frame buffer plugged in, and will
not use serial port A as the console. 

David


On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 22:28, Steve Hatle wrote:
> All,
> 
> I acquired a dead Ultra 2 today. It has a 200Mhz CPU and 8 DIMMs- at least 4
> of which are 32 meggers.
> 
> At power-up with a frame buffer and keyboard, I get a beep and the keyboard
> lights flash, but nothing else happens.
> 
> Booting up with a terminal on Serial A gives back absolutely _nothing_.
> 
> I've removed the framebuffer and subbed in known good memory.
> 
> I've tried Stop-D and Stop-N with the keyboard and FB in.
> 
> One other data point is that the two internal disks never spin up, no matter
> what the config. The power supply fans and fans for the CPU and memory cages
> spin.
> 
> So- I'm ready for suggestions on next steps. Would be a fun box to get
> running again, as long as it doesn't require major surgery. Power supply?
> Bad NVRAM? Bad MB? You tell me! <grin>
> 
> Steve
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