[rescue] SparcServerE 1000 zombie

Steve Hatle steve.hatle at gmail.com
Sun Sep 7 18:50:52 UTC 2025


It appears I've let my SS10E sleep too long, for now it won't start up.

At poweron, the green DC light comes on, and the yellow POST light comes 
on as well.

The yellow one is supposed to shut off "after approximately 60 seconds" 
and then the machine continues to boot.

Mine stays on forever (10 minutes or more) and no output of any kind to 
the console.

The CPU boards - whether there is one or all four - show LED 0 and 2 lit 
continuously without ever changing. The A/B LEDs to show if there's a 
processor installed don't light.

Went down to one CPU board, removed and reinstalled that board, the 
power supply, and the SCSI tray with no difference.

Position of the key made no difference as well.

If the SCSI tray is out, the front LEDs are the same, but all 7 LEDs on 
the processor board are lit - but never the LEDs for the processors.

I'm kind of surprised that there's no output to the console. I certainly 
feel like I've waited long enough, but maybe not?

Time to go find troubleshooting doc... It's been a while for this guy.


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