[Sunhelp] Guru needed! Sparc20 died after move.

[Keith Ketchmark]

All

Here is something I have seen cause problems.
ok> printenv

testarea              255                            0

I have not found out what this is for but on my sparc10 it caused the system
not to boot.
I would set it back to 0 unless someone has a good idea of it benign set at
255. It appears that only sun4m systems
have this.


Wolfgang Engelien wrote:

> 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
> ># Tel.: +1 (212) 746 3724
> ># Fax.: +1 (212) 746 5818
> ># email: wolfgang at hanazono.med.cornell.edu
> >#####
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> #####
> # Wolfgang Engelien
> # Tel.: +1 (212) 746 3724
> # Fax.: +1 (212) 746 5818
> # email: wolfgang at hanazono.med.cornell.edu
> #####
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