[Sunhelp] nonbooting ss10

[Adam McDougall]

thanks!!! that worked.  I didnt know about that trick :) saved me some
trouble too of finding a dumb term and cable.

On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Hatle, Steven J. wrote:

> You could also try holding down the Stop and N keys when the machine powers
> up. If the 'output-device' and 'input-device' are set to other than screen
> and keyboard, this should set them back.
> 
> I second the notion that a serial terminal on serial A would be necessary if
> you can't get output any other way.
> 
> Steve
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bahman Shojaee [mailto:bshojaee at corpinfo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 5:37 PM
> To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'
> Subject: RE: [Sunhelp] nonbooting ss10
> 
> 
> Try this.
> Connect an asci terminal to the serial port in the back A/B port. Try and
> see if the system displays the banner and boot information during the system
> reset. This way, at least you can see if the problem is with the graphic
> card/ monitor ot the system itself.
> I hope the info helps.
> 
> good luck
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam McDougall [mailto:mcdouga9 at egr.msu.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 3:02 PM
> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject: [Sunhelp] nonbooting ss10
> 
> 
> Hello, I was wondering if anyone could toss out any ideas that might help
> me get a sparc 10 up and running again.  Summary: Powers up, screen powers
> on but displays nothing, computer dead.  Possible cause:  I managed to
> bend a pin on a GX framebuffer while seating it which bent it off to the
> side of the connector.  I've since fixed that but it still wont boot
> 
> Things I've tried:
> Making sure the jumpers on the motherboard are set the same as another
> sparc10
> swapping framebuffers, cpu, memory, power supply with a known working ss10
> (and verifying the cpu and video in the broken computer still work)
> tried the GX in several sbus slots
> tried a 36mhz cpu and a 50mhz cpu with cache
> taken the motherboard out of the case to elimitate possible shorts
> tried a cg3 instead of the GX (cg6) but the monitor didnt even come on
> 
> I power on the computer, the keyboard beeps and blinks the lights, the
> computer blinks the lights on the keyboard very soon after, then in the
> time it takes for a HD to spin up the keyboard lights blink a third time
> and the monitor powers on.  Thats as far as it goes, it doesnt display
> anything.  The keyboard lights do not seem to respond to toggling numlock,
> etc.  
> 
> Thanks to anyone who takes the time to at least consider this :)
> 
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