[SPARCbook] Reviving a Dead SparcBook 3GS - stuck booting

[blc at ou.edu]

"Barry A. Dobyns" wrote:
> 
> I have a Sparcbook 3gs that hangs when I turn it on.
> 
> The LCD displays
> 0D0 for about half a second, then
> 007 for about three seconds, then
> 001 and hangs there forever.
> 
> The LCD screen never lights up and the keyboard is unresponsive (Pause-R, Pause-A don't work).
> 
> Previously it was running Solaris 2.5.1 fine
> 
> I've tried removing the battery and AC power for 48 hours, to no avail.
> I've reseated the memory and hard disk as well.
> 
> Suggestions?
> 
> -b
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> Barry A. Dobyns, barry at dobyns.com, http://barry.dobyns.com
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a couple questions.  Can you do a stop-A pefore it locks up and does the
screen ever display anything (and if so what)?