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robbyjo Guru
Joined: 06 Apr 2003 Posts: 462
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:29 pm Post subject: My Ultra 10 is Dead |
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Hi all. One of my Ultra 10 is dead. The symptom is like this: Suddenly the keyboard and mouse locked up for about 2-3 minutes, and then I gain control for another 1 minute, then again lock up for 2-3 minutes, and back to normal for another minute. I installed Gnome 2.10 lately and this happens when I tried to debug KDE kicker....
At first I thought that I could reboot the comp and get away with it, but it seems that the symptom keeps coming back. After a few times rebooting, the poor SPARC server doesn't even show up its logo when we first boot. The monitor is okay (it shows "Monitor is working" screen). But when the computer tried to show up the boot logo, it went all black. The computer is dead, it seems...
Uh... help? |
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Magic Michael n00b
Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Posts: 53 Location: Berlin (West) / Deutschland
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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Put Solaris onto a spare disc and run SunVTS for a couple of days ? |
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robbyjo Guru
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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Uhh... the machine didn't even boot.... When I turn on the computer (and the monitor, of course), it's just blank. No Sun logo, no "Initializing Memory", no nothing.... |
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gust4voz Retired Dev
Joined: 09 Sep 2003 Posts: 373 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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Try using another power supply, since it's ATX you can just use any PC one you may have around to try. This proved to be some of a weak spot for other users too.
If it's not that you'll need some serial console of some kind to poke around the debug messages. _________________ Gustavo Zacarias
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robbyjo Guru
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 1:52 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for replying for all...
The power supply is fine, it seems... The fan is whirling, I can see that the CD-ROM drive blinks a bit when I turn on the computer. However, there is no activity shown in the monitor whatsoever. I first thought that it was the monitor. So, I instinctively press "Stop-A" and then type in "boot cdrom" to boot to the Live CD. But, this doesn't work: The CD-ROM shows no blinking whatsoever. So, there are no booting taken place.
About the serial console, how can I do it? Is there a special console monitor or should I use another PC? Currently I have an x86-based PC with serial port. But I really don't know how to connect to SPARC's serial console... |
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Magic Michael n00b
Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Posts: 53 Location: Berlin (West) / Deutschland
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 7:16 am Post subject: |
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Unplug the Sun's monitor and keyboard, so it defaults to serial A as standard out (the DB25 one). Then, connect a nullmodem cable to serial A on one side and a PC with a running terminal software (9600,8,N,1) to the other side.
Then boot the Sun and you will hopefully see the POST. "show-post-results" (not sure about the "-") will give you a POST-summary. |
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robbyjo Guru
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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Okay, thanks for the help. I have an x86 PC right here next to it. What program can I use to connect to the Sun's serial port? Also, is default null-modem cable (like the one we use in PCs) enough? |
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gust4voz Retired Dev
Joined: 09 Sep 2003 Posts: 373 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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You can use minicom.
Null modem = crossover cable, for instance "modem" cable isn't crossover (won't work).
Basically a serial cable you'd use to connect two PCs together. _________________ Gustavo Zacarias
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robbyjo Guru
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks all for the help. But I managed to swap the guts of my dead Ultra 10 with another identical Ultra 10. The funny thing is that: The previously dead Ultra 10 now shows up something. It shows the message:
IDPROM contents are invalid.
When I typed in ".idprom", the dates are all set to zeroes. I'm suspecting that this has something to do with the Kicker bug that I was debugging. Now, my questions are:
1. How can I set / reset the NVRAM or the dates to make the IDPROM contents valid again?
2. Should I change the NVRAM chip? If so, how? (Because I can't locate any NVRAM chip or any NVRAM battery just like the one in the PC).
Again, thanks
Edit: Also, for some reason, at every 2-3 minutes, error message "Keyboard error detected" is shown.... |
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robbyjo Guru
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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When I fixed the checksum using mkpl, the machine b0rked again. Just like before. Showing nothing. |
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