Blinking Fuel not booting
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Blinking Fuel not booting
Hello there, a few minutes ago I decided to power on my Fuel since it's been a while I didn't make it stratch its legs; well, it powers on, red light first, then blinking white light, a beep, hdd sound and after a little while a cd-rom test and then .... nothing!
The machine keeps blinking white without any further sign of life.

Do you have any suggestions about my first try to bring it back to life?

Anby help would be appreciated, thanks!

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04-05-2019, 08:04 PM
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RE: Blinking Fuel not booting
My first suggestion with any boot issues like this on the Fuel is to connect a null modem serial cable to the DB9 connector in the centre of the motherboard, then use a serial terminal on the second machine to see what the L1 is spitting out. It's usually the quickest and easiest way to see what is failing during boot up.

Make sure you use 38400 baud for the serial connection on the second machine!

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04-06-2019, 08:47 AM
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RE: Blinking Fuel not booting
Thank you for the suggestion.
Actually I solved the problem by changing the DVI cable.

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:Fuel: R12k@600MHz, 2Gb RAM - "Enzo"

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