20 Jun
2002
20 Jun
'02
5:59 p.m.
I know this is just under the 10yr rule, but it's pretty close, so please
bear with me...
OK, I've got the SCSI drives from the 55L mounted in the case, hooked up a
terminal *and* keyboard, and this is what the LED display shows:
120
124
400
When 400 is displayed, the led next to the power switch goes off, the
rs-232 port no longer has output voltage, and the machine just sits there.
No playing with the reset button or smashing of keys on the keyboard or
terminal will wake it up.
Anyone have any ideas?
The config is:
2-1 Ethernet card
1-9 Video card
4-4 Single-ended scsi-2 card
128MB RAM
CDROM drive
floppy drive
2x2GB hard drives (3.5" HH) which seemed to at least spin up in the 55L.
-- Pat
7:17 p.m.
On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Pat Finnegan wrote:
I know this is just under the 10yr rule, but it's
pretty close, so please
bear with me...
OK, I've got the SCSI drives from the 55L mounted in the case, hooked up a
terminal *and* keyboard, and this is what the LED display shows:
120
124
400
That's weird. There _aren't_ any 4xx self-test codes, as far as I
know.
When 400 is displayed, the led next to the power
switch goes off, the
rs-232 port no longer has output voltage, and the machine just sits there.
No playing with the reset button or smashing of keys on the keyboard or
terminal will wake it up.
And the "400" code is still displayed?
Unseat & reseat all the SIMMs on their cards, make sure the RAM
boards' revision match the machine, and reseat all the MCA cards. Pull
the video card and the ethernat card, unplug all the drives and the
keyboard and start over.
Nice box. I'll come get it if you're already tired of it. :)
Doc
7:30 p.m.
On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Doc wrote:
Yeah. The rest of the system seems to turn off, but the code '400' stays
on the display.
On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Pat Finnegan wrote:
I saw exactly two in the 4xx's that were memory-related. However, 400
isn't one.
400
That's weird. There _aren't_ any 4xx self-test codes, as far as I
know. When 400 is displayed, the led next to the power
switch goes off, the
rs-232 port no longer has output voltage, and the machine just sits there.
No playing with the reset button or smashing of keys on the keyboard or
terminal will wake it up.
And the "400" code is still displayed? Unseat & reseat all the SIMMs on their cards,
make sure the RAM
boards' revision match the machine, and reseat all the MCA cards. Pull
the video card and the ethernat card, unplug all the drives and the
keyboard and start over.
Nice box. I'll come get it if you're already tired of it. :)
Noo, I think I'll keep this one :).
-- Pat
Doc
8:25 p.m.
On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Pat Finnegan wrote:
OK, I've tried it with all cards removed, all memory removed, with and
without the 1M simm on the motherboard, and without the keyboard or
terminal plugged in. Every try has given me the same damn results. If I
can't get this to work, I might try just using these boards in my 55L
instead...
What exactly is the boot sequence, and what is supposed to show up after
120 and 124 that the 400 is pre-empting?
Also, there's an empty ZIF socket on the mother board next to the Power
processor chips... what is that for exactly. Also, there's a pair of
slots on the motherboard that 'look like' PCI slots (look to have
identical keying and size, but I haven't bother trying to fit a card in
yet to check.
Any more ideas? Could it be a power supply or monitor rom problem?
-- Pat
On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Doc wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Pat Finnegan wrote:
>
> > 400
>
> That's weird. There _aren't_ any 4xx self-test codes, as far as I
> know.
<snip>
And the
"400" code is still displayed?
Yeah. The rest of the system seems to turn off, but the code '400' stays
on the display.
> Unseat & reseat all the SIMMs on their cards, make sure the RAM
> boards' revision match the machine, and reseat all the MCA cards. Pull
> the video card and the ethernat card, unplug all the drives and the
> keyboard and start over.
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