ultra 10 not displaying anything on monitor

Then your next step would be to establish a console connection from another computer.

Serial port to serial port, null modem cable, and a terminal program for command-line interaction.

That's the only guaranteed way to learn what might be happening.

It could be as simple as the current resolution isn't compatible with the monitor.

It could be as serious as a coincidental failure of something in the system.

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Oops !

Sudden thought ...

Do you have a UPA frame buffer installed

while you're attempting to connect the monitor to the onboard graphics?

If so, then the default graphics output is now going to the DB13W3 output,

and not to the HD15 connector.Shut it down and remove that graphics card.

Output will automatically revert to the HD15 connector.

rukbata at 2007-7-12 20:42:37 >

ok ive managed to get a signal on my monitor from the ultra 10. i just had to wait a bit it takes about 5 mins to load up. This then reveals the problem. when the 'bios' screen loads it now tells me everything that is connected to the motherboard it constantly says:

Boot device net file and args:

Using onboard transiever

i managed to get it to boot a cd but then when i have to make a selection ie country it wont accept my command it just shows the ok prompt any ideas on this one?

Dan458a at 2007-7-12 20:42:37 >

ok so ive managed to get the first cd to go through its loading stuff when it reboots for the first time the screen comes back very quickly however i posed with

boot device net file and args:

using onboard transeiver - timeout waiting for autonegotiation status to be updated

timeout reading link status check cable and try again

This carries on and it wont let me carry on the installation

Dan458a at 2007-7-12 20:42:37 >

Hello,

re-attach the keyboard, power-on the system, wait a few seconds, then press the keys STOP (upper left key below the Help key) and A simultaneously. Then enter (blind)

setenv diag-switch? false

setenv auto-boot? false

power-off the system and remove the keyboard. Power-on, output and input now to/from the serial console. If you know which key combination sends a BREAK, you can try this instead. TeraTerm uses ALT-B.

Use printenv to review the setting (important are: diag-switch? and boot-device).

Check if the boot-device is set with disk as the first item.

probe-ide displays the ide devices, first one is the disk (promary master) and third one (secondary slave) the CD drive.

Your error is probably caused by the setting of diag-switch?. If set to true the boot-device is set to net as the first item.

Good luck, I'm heading for the airport ... I will be back on Monday.

Michael

MAALATFTa at 2007-7-12 20:42:37 >