Hi there, This does sound like a hardware issue.
The only thing you could try before sending it in for an RMA would be to swap the memory. Good Luck, Lukas Kortenhorst At 02:16 PM 1/7/2002 +1030, you wrote: >Hi, > >I've just subscribed to this list after running into a wall with a >Qube-3 that I've just turned on. I'm hoping that this is the right >place to ask such a question, but I'm not exactly sure. Please feel >free to correct me if the need arises. > >Now, I've got this Qube-3, Professional Edition sitting next to me >whirring away, but not actually doing anything useful. > >This box has been sitting under a desk for a little while collecting >dust as I've not had a chance to look at it. I know it has worked, as >I've accessed shares off of it before. When I picked it up off the >floor, the power was disconnected, so I'm assuming that there's been >an incorrect shutdown.[1] > >I've attached a patch cable to the primary NIC (labeled 'I'), and >plugged it into a switch, and both ends are reporting links. > >I'm not particularly familiar with the Cobalt products. I've had >extensive exposure to Linux on "normal" machines and FreeBSD. I assume >that it's not that different as the Qube-3 appears to be an x86 >running Linux with a web interface attached. > >I hit the power switch and the fan starts whirring. The link light on >the primary NIC is on, and the orange light flickers every now and >then. The each "block" of the top row of the LCD screen is filled in >completely, and it just sits there. I've just noticed that the bright >green light across the front of the box isn't on at all. > >That's about as far as I get. I've tried swapping network cables, >interfaces etc., to no avail. I'm really interested as to why its >suddenly shat itself. > >Under the power button, there's a little button that you need a pen to >push. Can someone tell me what this does? > >I've spent a few hours digging through the documentation on the Cobalt >website, as well as the developer site. I can't find anything that >helps. > >Can someone offer any advice to help me get this thing going? There >isn't any important data on it -- it can be obliterated if it needs to >be. I'd just like to get it working the way a normal Qube would. > >Your help is appreciated. > >Kind Regards, > > - andrew > >[1] Not that this should really effect it -- Linux should be able to > stand up to a bit of dirty shutdown. > >-- >Andrew J. Reid "Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem >[EMAIL PROTECTED] mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane >+61 401 946 813 mittam" > >_______________________________________________ >cobalt-developers mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers _______________________________________________ cobalt-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers
