Re: [Re: Killed my SPARC5?]
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Kristofer Bergstrom wrote:
> Thanks for the input. I have no screen whatsoever so I can't set any of the
> PROM parameters (setenv stuff). Maybe I could try it blind... although I'm
> not sure that the system is actually functioning since there's no LED.
Well, his was a different problem. I'd recommend hooking up a serial cable
and seeing what, if anything, comes spewing out as it starts up. Something
going wrong with the startup will mean that the LED won't come on. Unlike
a PC power LED, the sparc LED is controlled via a software toggle. I've
had machines do this before when they had memory or other problems (I seem
to recall an Ultra 1 that did the same thing when it's creator card had a
bent pin).
One other thing you can do is hold down Stop-N while it powers up (this
assumes a keyboard is attached, not a terminal). This will restore all
defaults in the OpenBoot PROM.
--Kurt
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