Hi,
First post here!
I have a Sun V210 that I use occasionally for build testing things big-endian. I switched it on the other day, at it aint comin' up. I was wondering if anyone on this fine forum knows if it can be brought back from the dead.
With the SCC card in, and conencted to the serial management line, if I switch on I get:
ALOM - POST run incomplete previously, no POST this time
ALOM BOOTMON v1.6.10
ALOM Build Release: 001
Reset register: e8000000 EHRS ESRS LLRS CSRS
Check for Handshake
Returned from Boot Monitor and Handshake
Clearing Memory Cells
Memory Clean Complete
Loading the r
ALOM - POST run incomplete previously, no POST this time
ALOM BOOTMON v1.6.10
ALOM Build Release: 001
Reset register: e8000000 EHRS ESRS LLRS CSRS
Check for Handshake
Returned from Boot Monitor and Handshake
Clearing Memory Cells
Memory Clean Complete
Loading the r
ALOM - POST run incomplete previously, no POST this time
The fans are screaming away while these messages are looping.
If I remove the SCC card, there is more info (but not fans):
ALOM - POST run incomplete previ�
ALOM - Could not get all data from I2C - min post, no power on
ALOM - Could not get diag-switch from I2C
ALOM BOOTMON v1.6.10
ALOM Build Release: 001
Reset register: e0000000 EHRS ESRS LLRS
ALOM POST 1.0
Dual Port Memory Test, PASSED.
TTY External - Internal Loopback Test
TTY External - Internal Loopback Test, PASSED.
TTYC - Internal Loopback Test
TTYC - Internal Loopback Test, PASSED.
TTYD - Internal Loopback Test
TTYD - Internal Loopback Test, PASSED.
Memory Data Lines Test
Memory Data Lines Test, PASSED.
Memory Address Lines Test
Slide address bits to test open address lines
ERROR: ALOM POST TEST
H/W under test = Memory System Address Lines
Test name = Memory Address Lines Test
Subtest name = Memory Address Test 2
Failure: Writing 0xFF to offset Address of 00000020
Testing Address Line - SSP_ADDR<26>
Most LIKELY cause(s) of this failure include:
The interconnection may be bad
SSP_ADDR lines from U0301 to U0503
SSP_DAT lines from U0301 to U0503
U0503 the DRAM may be bad
END_ERROR
ERROR: ALOM POST TEST
H/W under test = Memory System Address Lines
Test name = Memory Address Lines Test
Subtest name = Memory Address Test 4
Failure: Base write to 0x0 affected offset of 00000020
Testing Address Line - SSP_ADDR<26>
Most LIKELY cause(s) of this failure include:
The interconnection may be bad
SSP_ADDR lines from U0301 to U0503
SSP_DAT lines from U0301 to U0503
U0503 the DRAM may be bad
END_ERROR
ERROR: ALOM POST TEST
H/W under test = Memory System Address Lines
Test name = Memory Address Lines Test
Subtest name = Memory Address Test 2
Failure: Writing 0xFF to offset Address of 00200000
Testing Address Line - SSP_ADDR<22>
Most LIKELY cause(s) of this failure include:
The interconnection may be bad
SSP_ADDR lines from U0301 to U0503
SSP_DAT lines from U0301 to U0503
U0503 the DRAM may be bad
END_ERROR
ERROR: ALOM POST TEST
H/W under test = Memory System Address Lines
Test name = Memory Address Lines Test
Subtest name = Memory Address Test 4
Failure: Base write to 0x0 affected offset of 00200000
Testing Address Line - SSP_ADDR<22>
Most LIKELY cause(s) of this failure include:
The interconnection may be bad
SSP_ADDR lines from U0301 to U0503
SSP_DAT lines from U0301 to U0503
U0503 the DRAM may be bad
END_ERROR
Test for shorted address lines
ERROR: ALOM POST TEST
H/W under test = Memory System Address Lines
Test name = Memory Address Lines Test
Subtest name = Memory Address Test 5
Failure: Writing data.
Error at memory address: 00000020
Good data was: 00000006
Bad data was: 00000008
XOR data was: 0000000e
Most LIKELY cause(s) of this failure include:
I'm able to invoke the escape menu, and I've tried resetting the ALOM from there. No cigar.
So looks like bad RAM or bad RAM controller? I tried removing all RAM and booting. No change.
I notice a lot of jumpers on the main board, but searching the internet, I can't find their functions. I wonder if any of those could help?
Any hope for this poor machine? Thanks
