SUMMARY: Sparc 2 EEPROM Problem

From: Troy Wollenslegel (troy@intranet.org)
Date: Fri Dec 20 1996 - 10:06:30 CST


That was a fairly quick fix.

Thanks Glen Satchell
        jerry Springer
        Umesh Vaghela
        Jason Hargis
        Alan Hill.

Original post.
 Ok, I did something real stupid. I just got a monitor for my Sparc 2,
 (I had been using ttya) and I set the eeprom wrong.
 
 I set it to
 input-device=
 output-device=
 
 I think it should be
 input-device=keyboard
 output-device=screen
 
 I have disconnected the keyboard and monitor (CG12 card still plugged
 in) and on ttya I get
 WARNING: Unable to determine keyboard type
 
 and then it sits there. How can I get into diagnostic mode (If there
 is one) so I can reset the eeprom? is there anyway to reset the eeprom?
 
 If I plug a keyboard in I get
 keyboard table for keyboard layout code 21
 Using USA keyboard table..
 
 and it sits there.
 
 One other strange thing. It appears that the disk is not spinning up...
 Could this be a problem?
 
 Any help would be greatly apricated.
 
 Thanks
 Troy
 
 I will summarize.
 --

>
> Plug in your keyboard and monitor. Turn on the power and press L1 and N
> which will reset the prom to default parameters.
>
> regards,
> --
> Glenn Satchell glenn@uniq.com.au | There's a fine line

Looks like you need to press L1-N before you turn on the system. and
hold it for a few seconds until it beeps.

Also someone mentioned that L1 D gets you into diagnostic mode.

Thanks again for the quick responce.

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