I've been meaning to fix my dead Indigo XS24 4000 for many years, but been too lazy to get around to it. No more! I'll fix it or move on, no more expensive doorstop.....
It doesn't boot. That's fine as I used the HD on another machine when I needed space, and therefore it needs a new OS install, regardless, however, it really doesn't boot as:
Knowing to expect a trip down serial port lane to get things back up again I've bought a MINI DB8 to DB25 connector, and in between have got three wires connected in a way that gives me ECHO (of what I type at the terminal) when its connected to the Indigo Port 1, but from the Indigo I get nothing at all except a single character on the terminal when I engage the power switch: ▒
When I turn the machine on I get the statrup sound and the Seagate HD spins up. When the graphics board is installed the LED on the CPU goes Amber, and stays that way. If I turn the power on with the graphics board removed I get a green led for one second, then two amber flashes, then the LED goes out.
I admit my serial connection might be bad, but then why do I get the ECHO working when it's plugged in to the serial port, and no ECHO when it is removed from the serial port?
Q: I probably need to get the special VGA cable (with swtiches) that's on the sticky of this forum, but I assume with a HD with no install there would be no graphics anyway, and I assume I need a new clock battery anyway.
many thanks for any insight.
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It doesn't boot. That's fine as I used the HD on another machine when I needed space, and therefore it needs a new OS install, regardless, however, it really doesn't boot as:
Knowing to expect a trip down serial port lane to get things back up again I've bought a MINI DB8 to DB25 connector, and in between have got three wires connected in a way that gives me ECHO (of what I type at the terminal) when its connected to the Indigo Port 1, but from the Indigo I get nothing at all except a single character on the terminal when I engage the power switch: ▒
When I turn the machine on I get the statrup sound and the Seagate HD spins up. When the graphics board is installed the LED on the CPU goes Amber, and stays that way. If I turn the power on with the graphics board removed I get a green led for one second, then two amber flashes, then the LED goes out.
I admit my serial connection might be bad, but then why do I get the ECHO working when it's plugged in to the serial port, and no ECHO when it is removed from the serial port?
Q: I probably need to get the special VGA cable (with swtiches) that's on the sticky of this forum, but I assume with a HD with no install there would be no graphics anyway, and I assume I need a new clock battery anyway.
many thanks for any insight.
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