[Sunhelp] PCMCIA with Ultra AXi

[James Lockwood]

On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Tom wrote:

> I have a SCM Micro PCI PCMCIA card - model SBP-D2 - which I'm trying to get to 
> work in my Ultra AXi (333mhz, 384mb, Creator 3D, SunPCi).
> 
> Whenever I plug the SCM PCI adapter in, and turn the machine on, it appears to 
> go through the POST tests (lights flash on the keyboard) and the monitor gets 
> a signal, 'cos it comes out of power saving mode - but that's it. The machine 
> doesn't boot, and the screen stays blank.

This points more to a conflict with the OBP than with the installation of
Solaris.

My first recommendation would be to stick a serial console of some type on
the AXi and watch what happens during startup.  Even if you don't get the
boot banner on your monitor you will probably get some informative
messages through the serial port.

Second is to see if a more recent OBP version fixes anything.  I'm
familiar with the AXi PROM revs and I don't see anything that would affect
it, but updating to the latest version is probably a good idea.

Is it possible you have a dud card?  Can you try placing it in any other
system (even a PC) and see if the system makes it through powerup?

-James