[Sunhelp] Guru needed! Sparc20 died after move.

Wolfgang Engelien wolfgang at hanazono.med.cornell.edu
Fri Jul 14 16:38:04 CDT 2000


Hello again,

after turning the diag-switch to true it was
even to me clear that one cpu has problems.
After taking only that CPU out the POST runs
through flawless, but the booting from disk
or cdrom keeps hanging anyway. Any ideas?
(I used boot -r disk)
Thanks,
Wolfgang

>Hello gurus,
>
>the subject says everything. A sparc20 died on me after
>moving it from one room to an other. There is no output
>through the monitor anymore. The attached message was
>gained through a tip connection on the serial port.
>I tried to clean the machine, take the CPUs out, put
>them in again, checked on the memory to be snugged in
>correctly, checked all cables to be attached correctly,
>checked the fans, hard drive and cdrom cabling ...
>I had a partial success as one time the machine at
>least tried to boot (with video output), but broke
>afterwards with a watchdog reset (Both from cdrom and
>from hard drive). Once powered off again the video
>output never came back again.  
>
>What can I do to reanimate the machine to work again?
>Attached the console messages and the printenv output.
>
>Thanks for all hints,
>Wolfgang
>********************************************************
>                        
>           SMCC SPARCstation 10/20 UP/MP POST version VR3.41 (09/06/94)
>
>
>CPU_#0       TI, TMS390Z55(3.x)       1Mb External cache
>CPU_#2       TI, TMS390Z55(3.x)       1Mb External cache
>                                                        
>CPU_#1       ******* NOT installed *******
>CPU_#3       ******* NOT installed *******
>
>
>           >>>>> Power On Self Test (POST) is running .... <<<<<
>
>
>
>    <<< CPU_00000000 on MBus Slot_00000000 >>>
>     ERROR : Address = 00000028,  
>     exp[31:00] = 00000000, obs[31:00] = c0000000, xor[31:00] = c0000000
>     U-NUMBER : Suspect Viking Module
>Watchdog Reset
>Type  help  for more information
><#0> ok printenv
>Parameter Name        Value                          Default Value
>
>tpe-link-test?        true                           true
>output-device         screen:r1280x1024x76           screen
>input-device          keyboard                       keyboard
>keyboard-click?       false                          false
>keymap                                               
>ttyb-rts-dtr-off      false                          false
>ttyb-ignore-cd        false                          true
>ttya-rts-dtr-off      false                          false
>ttya-ignore-cd        false                          true
>ttyb-mode             9600,8,n,1,-                   9600,8,n,1,-
>ttya-mode             9600,8,n,1,-                   9600,8,n,1,-
>fcode-debug?          false                          false
>local-mac-address?    false                          false
>screen-#columns       80                             80
>screen-#rows          34                             34
>selftest-#megs        1                              1
>scsi-initiator-id     7                              7
>sbus-probe-list       fe0123                         fe0123
>auto-boot?            true                           true
>watchdog-reboot?      false                          false
>diag-file                                            
>diag-device           net                            net
>boot-file                                            
>boot-device           disk                           disk net
>silent-mode?          false                          false
>use-nvramrc?          false                          false
>nvramrc                                              
>sunmon-compat?        false                          false
>security-mode         none                           none
>security-password                                    
>security-#badlogins   0                              <no default>
>oem-logo                                             <no default>
>oem-logo?             false                          false
>oem-banner                                           <no default>
>oem-banner?           false                          false
>hardware-revision                                    <no default>
>last-hardware-update                                 <no default>
>testarea              255                            0
>mfg-switch?           false                          false
>diag-switch?          false                          false
><#0> ok reset
>Resetting ... 
>
>Watchdog Reset
>Type  help  for more information
><#0> ok boot
>
>Watchdog Reset
><#0> ok
>
>
>#####
># Wolfgang Engelien                       
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># Fax.: +1 (212) 746 5818
># email: wolfgang at hanazono.med.cornell.edu
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# Wolfgang Engelien                       
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# Fax.: +1 (212) 746 5818
# email: wolfgang at hanazono.med.cornell.edu
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