SGI: Hardware

Tezro problem, solid red LED on front, dmged I/O connector?

I took my Tezro apart to clean it, and I think I broke something (yeah, laugh at me), but I am not 100% certain. I suspect I damaged a few pins on the I/O connector linking the node board (CPU/memory) to the system board. Does the below output from the L1 seem to agree? I can't find a lot of info on some of the status codes returned by "leds":

Code:
001c01-L1>leds
CPU  A: 0x00: PLED_RESET:  Slave loop (0x00/0x45=okay, solid 0x00=possibly hung)
CPU  B: 0x80:   POD Mode (0x80/0xBC=okay, solid 0x80=possibly hung polling UART)
CPU  C: 0x00: PLED_RESET:  Slave loop (0x00/0x45=okay, solid 0x00=possibly hung)
CPU  D: 0x80:   POD Mode (0x80/0xBC=okay, solid 0x80=possibly hung polling UART)

I am assuming that since just one of the two connectors is damaged, That would explain why CPU A and CPU C are in the PLED_RESET state and apparently never boot up (I think). If I fully deenergize the system, then plug it back in w/o powering up, "leds" has all four CPUs in the PLED_RESET state, but after "pwr u", only CPU B and CPU D enter POD Mode.

Seems like the I/O connector is maybe a $10-$20 part, but I've found just one distributor of of it in the UK. SGI P/N is 9210288. Sent them a message, so hopefully they have a few of these pieces kicking around.

I also inspected the pins on the system board, and they look fine. On the node board, those also look fine. It seems that the "fingers" on one side of the I/O connector are a bit...fickle. I tried bending them back ever-so-carefully under a magnifying glass, but it seems one or more just aren't getting the connection they need for the system to boot up.

Other things I noticed are the 3.3V line is NC in "margin":
Code:
001c01-L1>margin
Supply          State Voltage    Margin  Value Index
--------------  ----- ---------  ------- ----- -----
1.8V     on    1.875V     high     2   0
3.3V     NC    3.492V     high     1   1
2.5V     on    2.626V     high     2   2
XIO 2.5V     on    2.574V     high     2   3
NODE0 SRAM     on    2.600V     high     0   4
NODE0 1.5V     on    1.565V     high     0   5
NODE0 CPU     on    1.297V     high    11   6

But this seems normal, from what bits on Google I've dug up.

And under "power", I get quite a few more "NC" states:
Code:
001c01-L1>power
Supply          State Voltage    Margin  Value
--------------  ----- ---------  ------- -----
1.8V     on    1.875V     high     2
12V     on   12.063V      N/A
12V     NC   12.188V      N/A
3.3V     NC    3.509V     high     1
2.5V     on    2.626V     high     2
12V IO     NC   12.063V      N/A
5V aux     NC    5.070V      N/A
3.3V aux     NC    3.268V      N/A
5V     NC    5.070V      N/A
XIO 12V bias     NC   12.063V      N/A
XIO 5V     NC    5.070V      N/A
XIO 2.5V     on    2.574V     high     2
XIO 3.3V aux     NC    3.302V      N/A
NODE0 3.3V aux     NC    3.285V      N/A
NODE0 5V aux     NC    5.044V      N/A
NODE0 12V     NC   12.063V      N/A
NODE0 SRAM     on    2.600V     high     0
NODE0 1.5V     on    1.565V     high     0
NODE0 CPU     on    1.297V     high    11


Any suggestions other than hunting down that one I/O connector some place? It'll be a while before another Tezro pops onto eBay for cheap. I read somewhere that the node board also fits into an Origin 350, but I don't know if that system uses this same connector or not.

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"What is the pearl without the oyster?"
"A shadow cannot live in darkness."

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Kumba wrote:
I took my Tezro apart to clean it, and I think I broke something ...

Don't know if this will help you but comparison from a running 2p O350 ...
Code:
urchin 3# l1cmd leds
CPU  A: 0x03: PLED_RUNTLB:  Switch to mapped mode.
0x02: PLED_TESTCP1:  Test processor COP1 registers.
CPU  B: < CPU not present >
CPU  C: 0x02: PLED_TESTCP1:  Test processor COP1 registers.
0x03: PLED_RUNTLB:  Switch to mapped mode.
CPU  D: < CPU not present >

urchin 4# l1cmd margin
Supply          State Voltage    Margin  Value
--------------  ----- ---------  ------- -----
1.8V     on    1.791V   normal     0
3.3V     NC    3.320V   normal     0
2.5V     on    2.509V   normal     0
5V     on    4.940V   normal     0
XIO 2.5V     on    2.457V  default
NODE0 SRAM     on    2.470V   normal     0
NODE0 1.5V     on    1.495V   normal     0
NODE0 CPU     on    1.255V   normal     9

urchin 5# l1cmd power
Supply          State Voltage    Margin  Value
--------------  ----- ---------  ------- -----
1.8V     on    1.791V   normal     0
12V     <not present>
12V     on   12.125V      N/A
3.3V     NC    3.320V   normal     0
12V IO     NC   12.125V      N/A
5V aux     NC    5.096V      N/A
3.3V aux     NC    3.234V      N/A
5V aux     NC    5.096V      N/A
3.3V     NC    3.320V      N/A
2.5V     on    2.509V   normal     0
5V     on    4.940V   normal     0
3.3V aux     NC    3.234V      N/A
XIO 12V bias     NC   12.063V      N/A
XIO 5V     NC    4.914V      N/A
XIO 2.5V     on    2.457V  default     0
XIO 3.3V aux     NC    3.302V      N/A
NODE0 3.3V aux     NC    3.234V      N/A
NODE0 5V aux     NC    5.070V      N/A
NODE0 12V     NC   12.125V      N/A
NODE0 SRAM     on    2.470V   normal     0
NODE0 1.5V     on    1.495V   normal     0
NODE0 CPU     on    1.255V   normal     9

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Kumba wrote:
I took my Tezro apart to clean it, and I think I broke something (yeah, laugh at me), but I am not 100% certain. I suspect I damaged a few pins on the I/O connector linking the node board (CPU/memory) to the system board. ...

Looks like I managed to successfully bend the pins enough to make contact w/ the other set of pins on the node board. I'll still hunt down a spare of 9210288, but I atleast got the system working again. Glad they moved off of those compression connectors in the Octane/Origin systems. I damage one of those, there's no hope of fixing w/o scavenging off another part.

_________________
"The universe is a song sung by a deaf man."
"What is the pearl without the oyster?"
"A shadow cannot live in darkness."

--"Koshisms": Kosh Naranek, Vorlon Ambassador to Babylon 5