[SunRescue] (SS2 blikenlights) Off Topic: Rescuing my Sun

[Paul Sladen]

On 20 May 2001, Gregory Leblanc wrote:

> I couldn't resist, sorry.  :)  Anyway, I've got a pair of SPARCstation
> 2's sittin here next to me, both of which are being a royal PITA.  I
> took the frame buffers out of them a few months ago, and told them to
> ust ttya for input and output.  They were working when I shut them down,
> but now they seem to be dead.  I plugged in a keyboard, and it beeps,
> and runs through some blinken lights, but I never get any output on the
> serial console.  Here's what the leds do...
> 
> all lights flash at power on
> all lights blink on 
> caps is on, the other three lights cycle 5 times
> caps blinks off, scroll blinks on
> caps is on, other three lights cycle 3 times
> then all of them blink on, then off, then blink on again, and then
> they're done blinking
> 
> Anybody know what those mean, or have any ideas for things to try?
> Thanks,

docs.sun.com SparcStation 2 Field Service Manual:

http://docs.sun.com/htmlcoll/coll.690.1/iso-8859-1/SS2FIELDSVC/fsm.chapter2.html#89

lots of little picutures of blikenlights -- well used from when I first
got my [non-working] SS2.

HIH, Paul

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