<p>Does anyone know the disk drive height limitation for Sun Ultra 10? What are disk drive interfaces supported by it?</p>

<p>Does anyone know the disk drive height limitation of Sun Ultra model 140E? What are the disk drive interfaces supported by it? I'm having a hard time looking for documents indicating Sun Ultra 1 model 140E's specifications and limitations.</p>

Hi All,Coming monday I get my Ultra 20 M2 (jay!) and I was wondering what kind of things people have tried upgrading/modifying. From the customer stories at the sun page I already saw that people have had great success with various nvidia graphics cards! I am specifically curious about* Other AM2 ...

<p>I have the motherboard listed above. Can anyone tell me what systems this was used in and if it had any other part#'s associated with it?</p>

<p>hello there.</p><p>I have an ultra 10 with the following specs:</p><p>type:SUNW,ULTRA-5_10;sparc;sun4u</p><p>I would like to add more RAM to the system. Is there any documentation out there that details the various steps needed?</p><p>Lookin to hear from you,</p><p>Regards,</p><p>Aijaz</p>

<p>See above.</p>

Got this free U5 and just today I received a keyboard and mouse I had bought on eBay. So I went ahead and tried to install and didn't even know how to boot from CD (I am totally new to Sun hardware). So after googling a bit I have gotten as far as the point where after booting from CD and filling ...

Hi everyone. I want to learn Solaris and I just happened to find somene who was giving away a like-new U5 workstation. My problem is that it does not have a keyboard or mouse and it does not have USB ports although it does have a serial and something that looks like a ps/2 port but has more pins. I ...

Hello all:I am using an Ultra5 system with OBP 3.25.3, Solaris 8 [10/01]. I have a 160GB Seagate ST3160812A disk drive that I am trying to use as a second drive (primary slave).I have installed the drive on the primary channel as a slave and performed boot -r. The /dev and /devices directories ...

When I installed Vista Ultimate onto my Sun Ultra 20 Workstation it did not have drivers for my audio controller (The default one on an Ultra 20 Workstation) nor could it find them. I went onto sun.com and searched for the ultra 20 drivers, I downloaded"Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Tools & ...

ok this is a add on from "ultra 10 not displaying anything on monitor" Ive got the problem down to being either the motherboard or the power unit.. Ive got it to this because when i managed to continue installing solaris 10 i recieved a post message saying:power on self test failed cause: ...

I am running a Ultra 20 M2 on SuSE linux and Windows Vista x64. The system fan revs at a higher rate on boot when booting either OS but revs down after a minute once in Windows Vista to a point you can barely tell it's on. When in SuSE (Enterprise Linux Desktop 10) the fan never revs down. Is ...

hi,i have new ultra25 (no keyboard+no mouse). i connected it via console --ttya port. i have installed solaris 9 with latest recommended patch. problem is, the machine always shutdown or halt after 1 day.i dont see any errors at /var/adm/messages. i have also disable power.conf. ...

i tried installing solaris 10 on my ultra 10 i got to disk number 5 and the installation stopped so i turned off the system, then turned it back on now my monitor wont display the startup screen. Is the motherboard broke or is it somthing else?

This is in regards to my Ultra 80 with XVR-1000 video running OpenSolaris. The mouse and keyboard are both Type 6.The mouse cursor motion on my machine is not smooth at all--it seems like it updates at 10 fps or something. The resolution is fine (i.e. if I move the mouse slowly enough, I can ...

This is in regards to my Ultra 80 Workstation with an XVR-1000 video card running OpenSolaris b55b.I don't think the Subject line accurately describes it, but basically the problem is that my monitor is in powersaving throughout the boot process until GDM loads. Once GDM loads (i.e. X is ...

hi all,just would like to clarify whether SOL 8 is supported for this hardware?thx much.

I found an earlier thread about possibly upgrading an Ultra 5 CPU and see it's pretty dependent on the system board number. Where do I find this number?I'm looking at going from a 360 MHz to a 440.Also, if my system is compatible, is this a simple drop in swap or is more involved?Thanks for ...

Dear All,Does sun blade 1000 support a harddrive 73gb type ST373405FC?If not, Please let me know if there is a solution?Thanks in advance for your help,

Dear all,I bought a new harddrive of 73g for sun blade 1000 and when I start up it I get something like that:boot device: disk file and args:the file just loaded does not appear to be executable {0} ok--According to the first displayon the screen, the keyboard is present but I can do anything ...

Ok, I'm relatively new to Sun hardware and wanted a box to play with solaris 10. I have a blade 100 that doesn't POST and there is no green light on the power button. I have removed ever add-on card etc... and still nothing. The drives are however receiving power. Do I have a bricked 100? or ...

I have an Ultra 5 that was rescued from the recycler that I am hoping to learn Solaris with. Before I get the OS installed, is it possible to find out what specs this box has? I have the serial # from the case, and thought maybe that corresponded to a configuration I could look up somewhere. ...

I presently have a 36GB Seagate Cheetah fibre channel drive and would like to add a larger drive. Would a Seagate Cheetah 146 GB ST3146707FC or Seagate Cheetah 300GB ST3300007FC fibre channel drive work in my system. When I looked at what resellers were offering, the largest they had was a 73 ...

Hi,I have been having problems with getting Bloomberg keyboards to work on our Ultra20M2 workstations. At boot, Post screen we are getting the Keyboard error "Press F1 to continue" etc and the keyboard is not responding. Standard Sun keyboard works fine. I have upgraded the bios to 1.45 and ...

Hi,As per subject.kindly share your experience .If get from the internet, is it risky ?Is there a regulatory body?Thanks/regards

Hello,I know this is a very old system and the hardware may not support it, but does anyone know if the Sparc 20 platform supports disk drives larger than the listed 4.5Gb listed on the Sun site? I have tried installing Solaris 9 using an 18Gb disk. The system sees the disk drive properly (ran ...

Just want to make sure this is valid. Does a Sun Blade 2000 post "Sun Blade 1000" typically on boot? Purchased a used system (supposed to be a Sun Blade 2000), but the post screen states Sun Blade 1000 on boot. The system contains dual 1.015Ghz processors which are being upgraded to 1.2Ghz ...

I have a qfe card in the Sun Blade 100 - could this be an issue?Bad burn?Other suggestions?ok boot cdromBoot device: /pci@1f,0/ide@d/cdrom@1,0:f File and args: Short disk readThe file just loaded does not appear to be executable.ok boot cdrom -vBoot device: /pci@1f,0/ide@d/cdrom@1,0:f File and ...

Hello. first time poster, and all that here...I'm in the market for a Sun Ultra 5/10. I've got some hardware questions, that I haven't found the answer too either in these forums, or on the web in general.First, how are the Sun keyboards manufactured? Does it use a membrane switch, or a ...

I have an ultra 60, and I have no issues accessing console, via ttya, with Tera Term.I can access obp, and type commands with no problem.When I hook up ttya to a RJ access server (terminal server), I can see the banner message. Once server hits OK prompt, I can not type any characters. If I ...

Hi,Can sun ultra 5 handle two internal hard-disk?If it is possible, how can this be done?Thanks on the sharing...Best regards ,jhayi

Hi,I have recently got a new processor (a X6990A) and installed it into my Blade 1000; this matches the processor that was originally in it. Ever since then I have had no success with booting Solaris with both the processors.<the story so far>After I first installed the CPU the system ...

Hi,The scenario is following. I have three separet hard drives. On one I have Solaris, on seconed one RHEL 4 and on third one Windows XP 64. The windows and third had drive have been installed last.Before everything was working smoothly. I dual booted the OS I wanted (Solaris or Red Hat) and ...

hi all;i have sun blade 1500 red; and i set the nvram password and i forgot it how can i reset the nvram password hardly with jumpers.thanks.

Hi,I have a sun ultra 5 system down because of either motherboard or cpu ( when boot up at graphic level, the screen blank but ok when boot at command-level ie boot -sw).Looking for the hardware ie motherboard and cpuQuestion-1) Can the sun ultra 10 motherboard ( 375-0115) be used on the sun ...

I am trying to add an eSATA card into my Ultra 40 Workstation and I am getting the following message:Expansion ROM not initialized - PCI Mass Storage Controller on Motherboard.Bus:02 Device:00 Function:00I am able to hit F1 to continue past this message but I would like to get my settings ...

Hi, everybody!My name is Svetoslav Slavkov from Bulgaria. I've got problem with SunBlade150 and Sun/Unix USB keyboard Type7-they doesn't work together. The message is-USB devise not respond/KB not present. This workstation is withouth hard disk and I'd like to boot from CD-ROM, that's why I ...

Hi, everybody!My name is Svetoslav Slavkov from Bulgaria. I've got problem with SunBlade150 and Sun/Unix USB keyboard Type7-they doesn't work together. The message is-USB devise not respond/KB not present. This workstation is withouth hard disk and I'd like to boot from CD-ROM, that's why I ...

Hi all,I am encountering some hardware problems with an Ultra 10 workstation and just wanted to see if anyone has had the same problem or can confirm my suspicions. The system boots fine, but shortly after will crash to the ok prompt. When the boot command is issued, the system goes down and ...

Hi I have problem with my Ultra 60.when i do:probe-scsi-all/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3,1/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3it hangs. set-defaults doesn't hep. Have you got any ideas what to do?Paul.

Hello all,I have a Sunblade 1000 that came with no DVD drive. I found a drive on eBay, model 390-0025. I installed it, however it doesn't seem to be getting any power. I see no lights during boot, and nothing happens when I press the eject button. The system came with a smart card reader also, ...

Hi,we have Sun Ultra 20 workstation and we would like to upgrade disk capacity. There is serial ata and we have 250gb disk. In system handbook there are two possibilites of disks 80 and 250 gb, but in the sunstore it's possible to select in the drop down list also others - e.g. 750gb - would ...

I have a Sun Sparc Ultra 10, and it doesn't complete the boot: usually it doesn't turn on monitor, and sometimes it gives me OBP prompt with message "Watchdog reset".Once I gave the test-all OBP command with the following answer:Testing /pci@1f,0/pci@1/pci@1/SUNW,isptwo@4Selftest failed. ...

What nforce chip does the ultra 20 m2 use? Its the 03-M2 config . I cannot find anywhere what particular chipset is being used. I want to download the latest drivers from nvidia.com for the correct version...

Dear All,one of our sun Blade 1000 workstations doesn't boot. I'm not really used to sun machines. so maybe you can give me some help.when i do scsi-probe-all it doesn't show me any disks at all. Just a DVD Drive and i guess the controllers.Is there any way to verify that the disks are ...

Hi,Anyone knows about !Q.1 How to run Bios in sun blade 2500 for checking of parts inside cpu?Q.2 Error : boot device: disk file adn args ?Q.3 Error : The file just loaded does not appear to be executable?Waiting for reply.

Hi,I'm trying to connect a SATA drive to my SUN w1100z but WinXP Pro SP2 32bit will not recognize it.I allready have two 80Gb IDE Disks installed and wanted to add another SATA disk.I bought a Samsung HD321KJ 320Gb SATA II disk and a SATA data cable. Connected it to the board and powersupply. ...

Hi,Having problems getting a vt100 compatible monitor to communicatewith a blade 1500. Monitor is 25 way D type, blade is 9 way D type.I've tried various work arounds using UTP with D type adaptors but with no luck. I understand there is a lead specifically for this setup that should work. ...

I installed a 22320-SR scsi raid card from a Sun server on my workstation.I have a AMD XP processor on a MSI board with Windows XP.I have added two 15k HDD to make a raid. Now the problem,I am able to install XP on one of the drives but not in RAID.After reading the manual, it says to select ...

Hello, I am completely new with Solaris. In fact i never touched a sun machine.I have a co-worker who is using a Blade 2500 workstation. The Problem is that my co-worker is in London UK atm and I am in Montreal. We need to buy the exact same machine he is working on for our montreal office. I ...