Re: Install Fails on T5240
Hi Jeremy,
On Sat, 2025-09-06 at 21:19 -0400, Jeremy Leonard wrote:
> Thought I'd send an update.
>
> I did get the system working. Seems to be working properly and consistently as well.
>
> The issue seems to have been resolved by doing a factory reset on the SP.
>
> The system originally came with:
> Oracle PN: 511-1152-01/Hynix HYMP151L72CP4D5-Y5 AB
> 4GB FB DIMM 1.5v
>
> I then bought and tried:
> Sun PN: 511-1228-01/Samsung M395T1K66AZ4-YE68
> 8GB FB DIMM 1.5v
>
> I had the same issues.
>
> I then bought:
> Sun PN: 501-7954-01/Micron MT36HTF5122FY-667E1D4
> 4GB FB DIMM 1.8v
>
> Again I had the same issue.
>
> I had reset the SP several times. I had to originally when I bought the server as I didn't know the password for root.
>
> I tried reflashing the firmware but it wouldn't because the system was already at the same version as the latest available version.
>
> The coin battery was also dead on the motherboard as well but I didn't think much of it.
> I then replaced this batter and did a factory reset again on the SP.
>
> At this point it all started working properly. I've run though every scenario I can think of and it all works now.
> Rebooting.
> Power down/Power up.
> Reinstall Solaris.
> Reinstall Debian.
> Drop power mid boot.
>
> It passed POST and boots up perfectly each time.
>
> I also went back through all the RAM I had and the systems worked perfectly regardless of what RAM I had in the system. So it seems the actual RAM was never my issue. So now I have lots of spare ram modules! ;)
>
> Thanks for all the help getting this one up and running!
> Especially thank you to Tony for all your help!
That's valuable information. Thanks for testing and documenting this.
Adrian
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