All,
Picked up a refurb a400 for our test system. On opening the box, the server would not boot at all. I found a loose power connection to the MB, and fixed. Now, it will not boot through to Boot Menu. Getting this.
platform test 612A
I/O config 8238
***** EARLY BOOT VFP : SYSTEM ALERT *****
SYSTEM NAME: uninitialized
DATE: 04/19/2005 TIME: 16:05:14
ALERT LEVEL: 15 = Fatal hardware or configuration problem prevents operation
REASON FOR ALERT
SOURCE: 1 = processor
SOURCE DETAIL: 1 = processor general SOURCE ID: 0
PROBLEM DETAIL: 0 = no problem detail
LEDs: RUN ATTENTION FAULT REMOTE POWER
FLASH OFF OFF OFF ON
LED State: Running non-OS code. (i.e. Boot or Diagnostics)
0x000000F0110016B0 1C000000 00011554 – type 0 = Data Field Unused
0x580008F0110016B0 00006903 1310050E – type 11 = Timestamp 04/19/2005 16:05:14
A/a: ack read of this entry – Q/q: quit Virtual Front Panel Display
Anything else redisplay the log entry
->Choice:
I DID get it to boot to menu once, then this. I can get to GSP fine, and read lots of repeats of this error. Looking around, I think it may be firmware problem, but not sure I can rule out hardware.
Any thoughts?
TBR