[rescue] Starting a Sun E450

[Jonathan Katz]

They can take a while to POST. Null modem cable and all that good stuff
hooked up?

-Jon
+44 7792 149029


On Thu, 6 Nov 2025 at 17:50, Alan Perry via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to get the E450 that I mentioned previously running. It was
> running in the data center at work until it was decommissioned a couple
> months ago.
>
> I collect and rescue sun3 desksides and sun4c and sun4m workstations but
> have no experience with the E450.
>
> When I turn on the power switch on the back, both power supplies show
> green LEDs but nothing happens as I turn the front panel switch key through
> the different positions. It has a frame buffer (PGX32) but I am using the
> serial console. Nothing appears there.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> alan
>
>
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