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Re: My SS1 won't boot at ALL....

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From: Jay Hennigan
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 00:00
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Ivo Janssen wrote:

>Our current situation:
>We power up, the green powerled goes on and stays that way.
>If we don't connect a framebuffer and keyboard the terminalscreen stays
>blank.
>If we do connect a framebuffer and keyboard, the keyboard beeps, the
>numlock leds all go on, and then off immediately, in order to stay of
>forever.
>That's it. Nothing more.

Check the obvious first.  Boards, connectors, and RAM securely seated, power 
supply voltages, etc. 

Next, connect a terminal or terminal emulator to the first serial port, 
N-8-1, 9600 baud.  Leave the keyboard disconnected and power the machine up.  

This should give you a POST display that could be helpful in diagnosis. 
Sending a BREAK will restart the machine, and you may be able to access the 
PROM Monitor, depending on what has failed.

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From: jay@west.net (Jay Hennigan)
Subject: Re: My SS1 won't boot at ALL....
Date: 1997/12/18
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