need help getting a Sun Ultra-10 working

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Hi Dave,

On 07/29/2015 06:40 PM, Dave G4UGM wrote:
> Take the keyboard out and see if you then get a response on the TTYa. 
Yes! I now get to the openboot prompt and can type stuff like "probe-ide" (not
listed in output of "help diag") and I can see my disk and cdrom.

Why does the system hang when the sun keyboard is connected?

Why doesn't it display anything on the VGA monitor?

> I have two sun's with dead NVRAM and can't get either to work with any of the replacments I have tried. Even tried CR2032 on existing battery after attacking with Dremel...
I'm about to try that with my Proxxon (a Dremel, basically).  I will report my
results.

cheers,
Rob

>
> Dave
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cctech [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of IMAP List
>> Administration
>> Sent: 29 July 2015 17:23
>> To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only <cctech at classiccmp.org>
>> Subject: need help getting a Sun Ultra-10 working
>>
>> Hello Folks,
>>
>> I just assembled an Ultra-10 (replaced memory, CPU, NVRAM chip, IDE hard
>> disk, IDE CDROM) and it seems to be hanging somewhere. I don't get
>> anything from the VGA connection on the 1280x1024 LCD monitor that is
>> connected, but on the serial console I see the output pasted below.
>> The system does not respond to any input via the attached sun
>> keyboard/mouse or via ttyA after printing the last line in the output below.
>>
>> Obviously, the NVRAM battery is dead, and I'm working on getting a
>> replacement.
>> Does anyone have a good source in Germany? The chip says "M48T59Y-
>> 70PC1U".
>>
>> Could the dead NVRAM battery explain the behavior described?
>>
>> thanks,
>> Rob Urban
>>
>> ----- serial console output BEGIN -----
>> Hardware Power ON
>>
>> @(#) Sun Ultra 5/10 UPA/PCI 3.31 Version 0 created 2001/07/25 20:36 Probing
>> keyboard Done
>> %o0 = 0000.0000.0055.4001
>>
>> Executing Power On SelfTest
>>
>> @(#) Sun Ultra 5/10 (Darwin) POST 3.1.0 (Build No. 626) 13:56 on 06/27/00
>>
>> CPU: UltraSPARC-LC (Clock Frequency: 300MHz, Ecache Size:  512KB)
>>
>> Init POST BSS
>>     Init System BSS
>> NVRAM
>>     NVRAM Battery Detect Test
>>
>> ***********************
>> STATUS =FAILED
>> TEST   =NVRAM Battery Detect
>> SUSPECT=NVRAM U13
>> MESSAGE=NVRAM Low Battery
>>     addr 000001ff.f1001ff0
>>     exp  00
>>     obs  10
>>
>>
>>
>> Status of this POST run:    FAIL
>> manfacturing mode=CHAMBER
>> Time Stamp [hour:min:sec] 28:6a:c1  [month/date year] 0b/2c 2130
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Power On Selftest Completed
>> Software Power ON0.0000.0000.0001 ffff.ffff.f00b.31a8 0000.3333.0200.001b
>>
>> @(#) Sun Ultra 5/10 UPA/PCI 3.31 Version 0 created 2001/07/25 20:36
>> Clearing E$ Tags  Done Clearing I/D TLBs Done Probing Memory Done MEM
>> BASE = 0000.0000.2000.0000 MEM SIZE = 0000.0000.1000.0000 11-Column
>> Mode Enabled MMUs ON Copy Done PC = 0000.01ff.f000.201c PC =
>> 0000.0000.0000.2060 Decompressing into Memory Done Size =
>> 0000.0000.0006.eba0 ttya initialized Starting real time clock...
>> Incorrect configuration checksum;
>> Setting NVRAM parameters to default values.
>> Setting diag-switch? NVRAM parameter to true Reset Control: BXIR:0 BPOR:0
>> SXIR:0 SPOR:1 POR:0 UltraSPARC-IIi 2-2 module Probing Memory Bank #0 256
>> + 256 : 512 Megabytes
>> Probing Memory Bank #2   0 +   0 :   0 Megabytes
>> Probing UPA Slot at 1e,0 Nothing There
>> Probing /pci at 1f,0/pci at 1,1 at Device 1  pci108e,1000 network Probing
>> /pci at 1f,0/pci at 1,1 at Device 2  SUNW,m64B Probing /pci at 1f,0/pci at 1,1 at
>> Device 3  ide disk cdrom Probing /pci at 1f,0/pci at 1 at Device 1  Nothing there
>> Probing /pci at 1f,0/pci at 1 at Device 2  Nothing there Probing /pci at 1f,0/pci at 1
>> at Device 3  Nothing there Probing /pci at 1f,0/pci at 1 at Device 4  Nothing
>> there
>> ----- serial console output END -----