Double Panic on Indy at Startup

scavej0n_

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Hello everyone,
Two weeks ago, my Indy got a problem with the SIMMs so I replaced all the first bank.
Today I wanted to turn on the Indy to work with Maya, but it showed a Double Panic. I tried to restart from the little button under the power, but nothing. I also tried the old sticks and swap the banks, but the error still shows up. I attached an image of what happens on the screen.
How can I solve?

Thank you all,
With Love, From Venice
 

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I'm not familiar with error, so I may be off base, but I would try to gently clean the simm sockets with deoxit/contact cleaner
 
I'm not sure, but that can't be good. reseating things would be my thought too, but I guess not? Hopefully the CPU isn't just dead.
 
I'm not sure, but that can't be good. reseating things would be my thought too, but I guess not? Hopefully the CPU isn't just dead.
I was thinking the same thing, but I don't know how to reset because this error it's the first thing that appears on the screen so i don't have access to the Manteinance menu, even if i hit Esc when I turn it on.

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I think you should persevere again with the DIMM slots. I don't know if the sockets are gold plated on Indy? if not, there could be some bad oxidisation. Also try less memory, put in the minimum amount and focus on cleaning just those sockets. Slip some cardboard in/out for some friction to clean.
 
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