Need help to access to console of 7012-390 RS/6000 box

From: Zoong Pham (dpham_at_mercy_dot_com.au)
Date: 11/17/03

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    I just bought a IBM RS/6000 7012-390 box to learn AIX.

    It has a framebuffer with a 13W output. I connected a Sun monitor,
    a normal PC PS/2 keyboard and mouse and powered it up.
    The monitor showed that it received signals but there was nothing
    on the screen.
    I tried to connect a serial cable to S1 port and use Kea! (a terminal
    emulator for MS Windows) and it shown nothing.
    I removed the framebuffer, the keyboard, the mouse and tried a again
    with Kea but still no output. I even tried with a terminal Daewoo XT
    230E (vt100 compatible) and still no luck.

    The key is in Normal position.
    First, there was no LED display.
    Now, after so many trials, the LED shows 2-digit code 70.

    I check the manuals (380544_RS6000_7012_300_Operation_guide.pdf and
    380545_RS6000_7012_300_installation_service_guide.pdf, both downloaded
    from IBM) and the box has 3-digit codes only.
    Did I stuff up the machine?

    If not, how can I access to the console so I can re-install the OS?

    TIA, 

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Zoong PHAM                 UNIX Systems Administrator
Mercy Health and Aged Care Inc. Melbourne - Australia
zpham@mercy_dot_com_dot_au         +61 - 3 - 84167747
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