[rescue] Sun Blade 100: no video, no beep on poweron

[Micah R Ledbetter]

On Sep 14, 2006, at 09:34, Ethan O'Toole wrote:

>> I just bought a broken Sun Blade 100 on ebay for $20 (hooray local
>> pickup), and I want to see if I can fix it. When I boot it up with a
>> keyboard and display attached, the hard disk, fans, etc all receive
>> power, but the machine doesn't beep, and nothing is displayed to
>> video. The ebay auction just said "Doesn't POST, no beep".
>
> Is it the _SUN_ keyboard?

No, it is a PC USB keyboard.

>> I would have tried connecting to ttya, but my understanding is that
>> it should beep regardless, and I don't have a cable handy until this
>> weekend anyway.
>
> If I recall, these units will only work with a Sun USB keyboard. We  
> had
> USB to PS/2 adaptors to connect one to a KVM switch and found that  
> with
> other keyboards the Sun was unable to ID them and would revert to  
> Serial
> console.

Hmm. The Sun Blade 100 Unofficial FAQ[0] had an entry from someone  
who said that USB<->PS2 adaptors didn't work for him, but there is  
mention elsewhere that USB keyboards are supposed to work.

Additionally, it doesn't beep when *no* keyboard is attached, either.  
Would that perhaps indicate that the keyboard isn't the (only) issue?

  - Micah

[0] http://040.digital-bless.com/texts/ 
Unofficial_Sun_Blade_100_FAQ.htm, it's the whole thing on one page.  
Clicking the links doesn't work for some reason, but all the answers  
are there AFAICT.