[geeks] Another SGI/Octane question...

[KRM]

The lightbar is suppose to glow red on boot but only during POST.  If 
POST is all well, it then changes to white. 

Not sure if they are similar but with the Indy, a blinking red LED 
indicates bad RAM and a steady red LED indicates any other hardware 
issue.  May very well be the mobo (bad or just not properly seated) as 
Rob indicated.

/KRM

Lionel Peterson wrote:

>My dual CPU Octane isn't booting (haven't tried too hard, yet), and I
>need some help.
>
>With my single CPU Octane, after I connect everything up, I press the
>power button on the front, and the machine starts right up, with the
>lightbar glowing white.
>
>With the dual CPU Octane, as soon as I plug in the power cord, it
>starts up, and the lightbar glows red.
>
>Any ideas what is going on here? Does Red indicate a problem? Is there
>some reason the power switch is being ignored on the second Octane?
>
>Later tonight (after work) I plan on swapping out FRUs and seeing if I
>can find a problem component (i.e. porcessor card, power supply,
>etc...)
>
>Thanks in advance for any help/assistance you can provide - links on
>these kinds of problems greatly appreciated as well ;^)
>
>
>=====
>Lionel
>
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