RS/6000 7013-580 troubles

From: Pat Finnegan <pat_at_purdueriots.com>
Date: Thu Jun 20 23:30:58 2002

On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Doc wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Pat Finnegan wrote:
>
> > 400
>
> That's weird. There _aren't_ any 4xx self-test codes, as far as I
> know.

I saw exactly two in the 4xx's that were memory-related. However, 400
isn't one.

>
> > When 400 is displayed, the led next to the power switch goes off, the
> > rs-232 port no longer has output voltage, and the machine just sits there.
> > No playing with the reset button or smashing of keys on the keyboard or
> > terminal will wake it up.
>
> And the "400" code is still displayed?

Yeah. The rest of the system seems to turn off, but the code '400' stays
on the display.

> Unseat & reseat all the SIMMs on their cards, make sure the RAM
> boards' revision match the machine, and reseat all the MCA cards. Pull
> the video card and the ethernat card, unplug all the drives and the
> keyboard and start over.
> Nice box. I'll come get it if you're already tired of it. :)

Noo, I think I'll keep this one :).

-- Pat

> Doc
Received on Thu Jun 20 2002 - 23:30:58 BST