[weblacky]

Okay, so things were going good...but I've hit a standstill, the V10 is broken in a way that prevents startup.

With the V10 in I get a: INFO: System failed pre-power check

And that error is a google hack...no results.  So fixing the health monitoring, while having more damage, created a scenario never seen/published before:

Code:

SGI SN1 L1 Controller

Firmware Image B: Rev. 1.28.3, Built 03/20/2004 00:01:57


001a01-L1>INFO: 001a01 will power up system in  5 seconds...

INFO: 001a01 powering up the system.



ERROR: command not found.

001a01-L1>env

Environmental monitoring is enabled and running.



Description    State       Warning Limits     Fault Limits       Current

-------------- ----------  -----------------  -----------------  -------

           12V    Enabled  10%  10.80/ 13.20  20%   9.60/ 14.40   11.94

        12V IO    Enabled  10%  10.80/ 13.20  20%   9.60/ 14.40   12.00

            5V    Enabled  10%   4.50/  5.50  20%   4.00/  6.00    5.07

          3.3V    Enabled  10%   2.97/  3.63  20%   2.64/  3.96    3.35

          2.5V    Enabled  10%   2.25/  2.75  20%   2.00/  3.00    2.47

          1.5V    Enabled  10%   1.35/  1.65  20%   1.20/  1.80    1.47

        5V aux    Enabled  10%   4.50/  5.50  20%   4.00/  6.00    5.02

      3.3V aux    Enabled  10%   2.97/  3.63  20%   2.64/  3.96    3.29

PIMM0 12V bias    Enabled  10%  10.80/ 13.20  20%   9.60/ 14.40   12.00

     Fuel SRAM    Enabled  10%   2.25/  2.75  20%   2.00/  3.00    2.51

      Fuel CPU    Enabled  10%   1.13/  1.38  20%   1.00/  1.50    1.24

    PIMM0 1.5V    Enabled  10%   1.35/  1.65  20%   1.20/  1.80    1.49

PIMM0 3.3V aux    Enabled  10%   2.97/  3.63  20%   2.64/  3.96    3.29

  PIMM0 5V aux    Enabled  10%   4.50/  5.50  20%   4.00/  6.00    5.02

  XIO 12V bias    Enabled  10%  10.80/ 13.20  20%   9.60/ 14.40   11.88

        XIO 5V    Enabled  10%   4.50/  5.50  20%   4.00/  6.00    5.07

      XIO 2.5V    Enabled  10%   2.25/  2.75  20%   2.00/  3.00    2.47

  XIO 3.3V aux    Enabled  10%   2.97/  3.63  20%   2.64/  3.96    3.30



Description    State       Warning RPM  Current RPM

-------------- ----------  -----------  -----------

FAN 0  EXHAUST    Enabled          920         1180

FAN 1       HD    Enabled         1560         2220

FAN 2      PCI    Enabled         1120         1520

FAN 3    XIO 1    Enabled         1600         2205

FAN 4    XIO 2    Enabled         1600         2070

FAN 5       PS    Enabled         1349         2096



                              Advisory   Critical   Fault      Current

Description       State       Temp       Temp       Temp       Temp       

----------------- ----------  ---------  ---------  ---------  --------- 

0 NODE 0            Enabled    [Autofan Control]    75C/167F   16C/ 60F

1 NODE 1            Enabled    [Autofan Control]    75C/167F   15C/ 59F

2 NODE 2            Enabled    [Autofan Control]    75C/167F   13C/ 55F

3 PIMM              Enabled    [Autofan Control]    75C/167F   19C/ 66F

4 ODYSSEY           Enabled    [Autofan Control]    75C/167F   13C/ 55F

5 BEDROCK           Enabled    [Autofan Control]    85C/185F   16C/ 60F



001a01-L1>pwr up

INFO: Power is already on



INFO: System failed pre-power check

The front lights go from Red to a blinking white (two white LEDs) and stay blinking all the time (never quite).  If I remove the V10 the card misses the I2c bus interface (error is shown on L1) and cannot communicate with BEDROCK and claims ODYSSEY is missing (no duh).

Then the L1 claims it thought it was already powered up, cannot understand why it's not.  The kickstart button doesn't do anything on the ATX adapter other than the FAN starts (which they are running).  Turning off env does NOTHING, pre-power check is still fails with nothing.  Case front power button does nothing.

So something on the V10 is broken...I'm at a loss for how to proceed.  I've tried to look around for power system shorts...there are none anymore.  Whatever shorted out that I couldn't find...seems critical to the card working.  Fixing the DS1780 IC allowed the I2c monitoring to come back up, this made the env bus whole again...but more damage is there...likely on the V10...since it's DS1780 was the only one damaged among those ICs, so far.

So I'm at an impasse without a Fuel V10 graphics card that works.

I'm going to place a wanted ad for a V10, if that V10 fixes the rest of my issues...I MAY be able to use to fix mine if the problem can be detected by comparison easily enough...but so far...I have serious doubts about fixing the card I have.  Since you cannot complete the I2c bus without the Graphics card I obviously cannot boot without a graphics card.

So off to find a replacement graphics card!  Horrible, I know...I don't have a choice to get further...this really is disappointing but it's not a simple straight short on the bus line anymore...something burnt out and I don't know what that something on the card was (no marks or odor).

I just need to start the system to tell if that's all!

Arrghhh...so close..but mainboard and PIMM seem happy so...fingers crossed.