[SPARCbook] Error Codes Sparcbook 3xs

[Ian Spray]

On 07 Apr, 2005, at 06:05, J Tingle wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone has the list of error codes for the
> sparcbook 3 series that used to be on tadpole's old website?  The link
> is long dead and I'm having a hard time finding the list of codes.
>
Time to play "Chase the Company Name" - this ought to work just fine:

   http://www.tadpolecomputer.co.uk/~iws/

but (embarrassingly) I haven't updated it in the two years since we did 
change name.  Ahem.  It's now on my list of StuffToDo.

> I have a sparcbook 3 xs that just boots to a white screen and it hangs
> with two errorcodes either 0B4 or F02.
>
B4: Ethernet failed internal loopback (not good...)

F02: not sure about this.  Do you have a battery in the unit ?  Try 
removing it - I've seen machines refuse to start when the comms with 
the BQ battery monitor chip (inside the battery pack) gets confused 
with older dead battery sticks: the battery says it has enough charge 
to start, but the current isn't there and voltages don't disappear, 
they just seem to get lower and lower so the system slowly (well, 
slowly in CPU cycles - it takes less than 5 seconds) stops working.

If the machine boots without the battery you might be able to put the 
stick back in once it's running properly, but I would tend to leave it 
out as it's likely to cause problems if you try to use it for more than 
a few seconds.

Of course, if you don't have a battery, you've got a very sick machine 
- sorry.

HTH,
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Ian Spray             | Software Engineer     | Tadpole Computer Ltd.
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