[SunHELP] booting a Enterprise 3500

[Edward Chase]

No, I was not able to get anything over the Hyperterminal session.

Stupid question coming...  Does the keyboard and mouse need to be 
attached?  When attempting to use the serial connection, I did not have the 
keyboard and mouse attached to the machine.  You would think that you'd be 
able to see a keyboard error if that's the case...



At 10:06 AM 2/27/2002 -0500, Joe Pampel wrote:
>I think you're right. From my own exp middle light blinking continuously with
>no boot up
>is indicative of a POST error. Have you been able to get the hyperterminal
>session up? The
>whole POST will be viewable and you may see where the problem is. If the
>serial
>port is not happening, I'm not sure what that means.. but it would seem bad.
>I hope that's not the case.
>
>- Joe
>
>
> >>> Edward Chase <echase at postoffice.providence.edu> 02/27/02 09:47AM >>>
>I'm thinking it's dead, sort of...
>
>I've gotten a video card for it and rebooted the machine.  It's been
>sitting there for well over an hour.  Still no signs of life on the monitor.
>
>The middle LED is blinking at a faster rate than yesterday.  This would
>indicate a POST error versus an OBP error, if I remember correctly...
>
>
>
>At 01:38 PM 2/26/2002 -0500, Edward Chase wrote:
> >I just got a new/used Enterprise 3500.  This would be the first Sun box
> >that I've played with that did not have a video card in it.  I've hooked a
> >laptop to serial port A on the box and have HyperTerminal running.  I have
> >HyperTermainal set to auto detect the terminal type and have it at
> >9600-8-N-1 for communications settings.
> >
> >I've fired up the machine but do not see anything on the laptop.
> >
> >On the front, there are 3 LEDs.  The left is green, the middle is slowly
> >blinking yellow, the right is off.
> >
> >Would this indicate that I've got some sort of hardware failure?
>
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  Edward F. Chase III     |   echase at providence.edu
  Providence College      |   http://www.providence.edu
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