[powerstation-owners] troubleshooting non-booting powerstation

[Adrian Reber]

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 12:17:13PM -0500, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> > I recently wound up with a rather nice looking powerstation in my lap... 
> > However, the thing doesn't seem to want to boot. It powers on, and I get 
> > the same thing every time:
> > 
> > X1650PRO 512MB DDR2 600e/400m DDV            <blink>_</blink>
> > 
> > Nothing beyond that, same thing on both DVI outputs, never get anything 
> > outputting on the debug port, as far as I can tell when I've got it 
> > hooked up.
> > 
> > I've already reseated the memory and video card in the system, with no 
> > change in behavior. Anything obvious I'm missing here?
> 
> Okay, I managed to get it booting somehow... Seems there actually was 
> something accessible on the debug port, once I actually had the right 
> adapter in place, typing in 'boot' at the firmware prompt got me 
> further. Now the question is... Why is the firmware prompt only on the 
> debug port, and not on the vga output? (I presume its time I go poking 
> around in the firmware to figure that out myself).

Serial console: very good. Can you tell us which firmware version is
running on your PowerStation. It should tell that very early in the boot
up. Just before the memory is configured.

		Adrian