[SunHELP] Sparc 20 Hardware Problems

Jon Still sunhelp at xanthein.net
Wed Feb 5 07:24:57 CST 2003


Hi all,

Picked up a Sparc 20 as a rescue the other day.  Powered it up, all seems 
to be working fine.  I've since removed the CPU (Some form of SM71 I 
believe) as part of cleaning it all out and now it's back in, the box 
doesn't boot.  When powering it up from the power switch, the power light 
flicks on for a fraction of a second before going off again.  All fans are 
running, the disks are spinning up, yet the box doesn't boot and I see no 
POST info on the serial console (with no keyboard attached).

I've since put the CPU into another box, which seems to recognise it just 
fine.  I also put a spare CPU into the dead machine with the same results.  
However this spare CPU now fails to work in the working machine (a 2 CPU 
box) and it gives me some form of access exception.

Has anyone seen this kind of problem or have any idea as to how to resolve 
this?

Cheers,
Jon.

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