RE: 170 failed

["Julian Wolfe" <fireflyst@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You mean I_BASE right? The B_2xxx-0x CDs will not boot.

If so, then I concur with your thought that the drive cage has failed
(though I'd pull it and clean all the contacts with DeoxIT Gold or
equivalent before I'd order a new one, you could have moisture/dirt buildup
on contacts depending on where you live)

However, your problem may go deeper than the drive cage.  The I_BASE CD
*should* start in DM if your CD-ROM is working.  I don't think it matters if
you have a working fixed disk mechanism.

My advice is clean all leads.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Schadd D Gray
> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 2:24 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: 170 failed
>
> Oh great and intelligent hardware gods,
>
> I have a 170-2291 that has died.  The primary drive reported 
> failure.  After replacing that drive I tried to IPL to DM 
> with the BASE cd in the CDROM drive.  The machine will not 
> come up.  The display codes I see are:
>
> C1001016
> A1101933
> B1014507
>
> At this point it halts.
>
> I pulled the RAID card out and attached the SCSI to the 
> board, but this did not help.  To me it seems like the drive 
> cage has failed.  I would like to determine this for sure 
> before ordering another drive cage.  Any suggestions would be 
> greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Thank you,
> Schadd Gray
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