[SunHELP] Testing a Sparc 20

[Michael Karl]

It seems that the NVRAM-battery is empty. So the selftest failed.

Michael


> Von: Steven Stillaway <steve at stillaway.net>
> Antworten an: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Datum: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 08:19:12 -0700
> An: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Betreff: [SunHELP] Testing a Sparc 20
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have a Sparc twenty that I am trying to test if it works -- in particular
> I want to see  what PROM it has.
> 
> It has no MBUS modules and no VSIMM.  It has memory and a hard disk.
> 
> I put in a TGX framebuffer and started it up.  The hard disk spun up and
> the keyboard worked, but I did not get any video at all.
> 
> My suspicion is:
> 
> - Sparc 20 will not boot up without an MBUS
> 
> - It is set in headless mode and something has to be changed for it to use
> my TGX
> 
> - It is broken
> 
> I hope it is not the third one, but if any one has any thought/suggestions
> it would be welcome.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -------------------------------
> Steven Stillaway (steve at stillaway.net)
> a.k.a. steve at tuxconsulting.com
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