4 Nov
2000
4 Nov
'00
7:33 a.m.
On November 4, THETechnoid(a)home.com wrote:
I checked the line voltage on the outlet and found it
right at 250-253vac
without a load. This circuit is rated at 30AMP, the machine's breaker is
rated at 20AMP, and the machine is supposed to pull a max 8amp on the line
making all things reasonable.
So why no power-on? Nothing spins, no lights on the front-panel, nothing
but the first-stage of the power supply humming slightly.
You mentioned safetey interlocks...Maybe there's a panel interlock
that got jiggled during the move? Try removing and re-seating every
outside panel that you can find.
Have you tried connecting a console terminal to it yet? This may be
way off (I don't know anything about S36 hardware) but an acquaintance
of mine once beat his head against a wall for two days trying to power
up a VAX 8700. As it turns out, you do this by typing a command on
the console processor (a DEC Pro machine) which he hadn't connected
yet.
And...remember the "power-off" command in newer Sun OBP ROMs? A
favorite joke around here is 'why can't I type "power-on" to turn it
back on!!' ...but on newer Alpha machines (DS10, etc), you *CAN*.
There's a PIC17C44 processor in there handling console operations that
has its own little power supply. You can power-cycle the meat of the
machine from a [potentially remote] console port.
-Dave McGuire