Re: SunBlade 2500 questions
Andre van Eyssen <[email protected]>
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On Mon, 9 Mar 2009, Paul Keusemann wrote: > I've just acquired a SunBlade 2500 and am trying to figure out if it is > functional or not. It has an XVR-600 graphics adapter and I don't have > an HDMI cable yet, so I'm trying to work via the serial console. There That's a DVI cable that you need. HDMI is something different. > is no keyboard connected which should force the startup output to ttya. > When I push the power button, the fans and the disk spin up but that's > it. No beep, no output on either serial port. Another thing that seems > odd, I've hooked up the serial port to a DataTracker and the lights do > not look right. I've got a known good cable (it works with my SunBlade > 150) but when I power on the SB-2500, RTS, CTS pins never go red like > they do on the SB-150. Try stop-N during boot to force diagnostics. Reseat the CPUs - don't forget to use the torque wrench supplied to tighten them (but not to loosen them - it tends to bend the torque tool). Pull the framebuffer for good luck. > So, the first question is, should I be able to get this thing to boot > on the serial console without a keyboard attached? Yes, but who knows how the serial port has been misconfigured by the prior owner? -- Andre van Eyssen. mail: [email protected] jabber: [email protected] purplecow.org: UNIX for the masses http://www2.purplecow.org purplecow.org: PCOWpix http://pix.purplecow.org