Re: Ultra 10 - no output to monitor

On 7 Dec 2007 07:05:27 GMT, "DoN. Nichols" <dnichols@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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Get a cheap, minimal size IDE drive (didn't one come with the
system) and install the OS stripped bare on it, then do the flash
upgrade. A 20 GB IDE drive should be more than enough, and those are
being thrown away by PC users these days. (BTW -- your maximum IDE
drive in that system is just a little over 120 GB.) You can put in a
larger one, but you can't use it all -- just the first 127 GB or
something like that.

Good Luck,
DoN.

Thanks Don, Jeff and others who gave me great advice. Here's the
status:

1. Installed 80GB Seagate IDE drive
2. Installed Solaris 8
3. Flashed the OBP to version 3.31

Everything working fine at this point... CPU, cdrom, floppy, monitor,
and keyboard.

4. Set the DIP switches to all off for Channels A and B on the
375-0005 SCSI card and inserted it in a PCI slot.

On boot up, the system freaks out again, same as before... disables
the monitor and keyboard and can only be controlled through the ttya
port. Boot up shows the same message as before:

Data Access Error
ok

I tried it in two different PCI slots. I did not re-seat the PCI
riser board, but it appears to be well-seated and bolted in place.

Jeff said he's been using this SCSI card in Ultra 10s with no problem,
so I'm really puzzled why I'm having so much trouble. I'm starting to
think I have a bad PCI riser card, or a bad SCSI card. There's a bank
of four jumpers on the riser card that are all set to 1-2. I assume
that's correct. I can't find anything on the Internet about those
jumpers.

Any more suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Greg
.

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