[rescue] Dead Sun 150!

[Gregg Mackenzie]

> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 02:11:34 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Jason Filby <jasonfilby at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [rescue] Dead Sun 150!
> 
> Will the soft-power-off keep the machine from booting even if we do a
> hardware power-off and then on?

I believe so.  In my case, Sun FEs installed the new power
supply and then couldn't get the box to power on, no way, no
how...disks and LCD came on, but nothing else.  They assumed
the new power supply was DOA, and after replacing the "DOAs"
about three more times, and blaming it on our power and UPS,
they finally called someone at Sun who really knew the E150
who said, "Oh, yeah, just plug in a keyboard and press the
power key."  Ba-da-bing, ba-da-boom, we're back in bidness!

The original unit really did die, but I don't think there
was anything wrong with any of the "DOA" units.

later,
mackenzie

> --- G W Adkins <gwadkins at erols.com> wrote:
>>> It's most likely the 180W power supply (p/n 300-1308) located at
>>> the back left of the box (assuming rack mount, laying flat)...IF
>>> it's really dead...it may not be.  First try this:
>>>
>>>   - connect a sun keyboard to the E150 (you can leave your
>>>     dumb terminal or whatever connected to serial A)
>>>   - turn on the power switch on the back of the E150
>>>   - press the power key on the Sun keyboard (upper right corner)
>>>
>> I had forgotten about that soft-power-off feature being a bugaboo
>> with the
>> e-150's.  Can't you also open the housing and manually toggle a
>> switch on
>> the PS to bring it up as well? (trickier, for sure...)