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On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:30:02 +0000
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Ferris McCormick <fmccor@g.o> wrote:
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> On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:50:08 +0100 |
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> Alex Buell <alex.buell@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > Seeing the recent activity on this mailing list, I thought I'd ask. |
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> > I've got an Ultra Enterprise 2 w/ 2GB of RAM and a pair of 300MHz |
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> > blackbird processors. |
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> > Sadly, I've just tried to boot the thing up tonight and found it's not |
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> > working. What I can see is the light on the CDROM comes on and flash |
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> > a few times, then the display changes to black - that means there is |
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> > a signal there but there's nothing there to see, even after a few |
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> > minutes. This box has both a TurboGX and a Creator3D cards in it, both |
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> > show the same result. |
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> > Any ideas on how I can get it up and running? It did work before I |
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> > moved house a few months ago. |
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> What kind of keyboard? If it's a sparc keyboard you should see the |
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> keyboard lights flash through a sequence during the power up cycle --- |
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> this is Power On Self Test (POST) cycle. Screen will be clear during |
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> this. |
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By the way, as I recall, if the boot PROM can't find CPU0, system will
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boot exactly as you are describing. Try swapping the CPUs. That's an
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easy test and as a side effect will make sure the CPUs are making good
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contact.
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> What does it sound like when you power it up? Since it is hitting the |
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> CD, it must be probing something. What happens if you type in 'boot' |
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> after a while, even if you can't see anything? |
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> After that, it's hard to guess. If it goes through all of that, it |
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> sees the keyboard. There are some silly things to check for: like, |
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> did you somehow turn the brightness and contrast all the way down on |
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> the monitor? Is everything the system still seated well (you've been |
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> moving it around) --- with a U2 that's easy to check. Or you might |
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> need to replace the boot chip (it has a battery with it, and the |
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> batteries will run down after a few years...) |
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> I'm fumbling here. With luck, someone will pick this up and have |
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> better ideas, or you can ask for ideas on the freenode #gentoo-sparc IRC |
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> channel. |
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> > Thanks for any ideas.. |
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> > Alex |
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> > -- |
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> > http://www.munted.org.uk |
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> > Fearsome grindings. |
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> > -- |
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> > gentoo-sparc@g.o mailing list |
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> Sorry not to be of more help, |
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> Regards, |
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> - -- |
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> Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o> |
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> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Devrel) |
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Regards,
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- --
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Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o>
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Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Devrel)
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