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Posted by flamer die.spam@hotmail.com on September 2, 2008, 7:46 am
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> >Thrill5 wrote:
> >> Turning the switch off and on is a hardware reset. =A0Try booting it u=
p in
> >> ROMMON mode. =A0I think on this particular switch, if you hold the fro=
nt push
> >> button in (it's on left) while powering it on, it will boot into ROMMO=
N.
>
..
> >> > Hi I have an old 3512XL switch, when powered on the system light goe=
s
> >> > amber, all the ports go green except for port 1 which stays amber an=
d
> >> > I only get one glyph character outputted to the console session when
> >> > it powers on.
>
> >> > Is there a way to do a hardware reset of this switch or is it
> >> > completely coastered? I know its old but I want to use it for some l=
ab
> >> > stuff if I can get it working.
>
> >> > Flamer
> >Hi I have tried that, I should've stated it sorry, but yes with the
> >button depressed I still get the same thing when booting.
> >is there no way to clear the onboard memory before powering it up?
>
> Its failing on some very low-level basic power-on-self-check with bad
> hardware, those things will even keep working when the PHY's blow
> after a lightning strike.
>
> The switches do their best to go on, but say, if it doesn't have
> working DRAM, its not going to go anywhere, not much you can do short
> of start swapping out DRAM chips out on the board to hunt down its
> hardware major problem.
>
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps607/products_tech_n...
I had a lot of trouble trying to pry them off the board, think I will
just chuck this one in the dumpster as it doesnt show any sign of
life.
Flamer.
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