On 2021-05-21 16:38, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > Is anyone familiar with the 4000/90 diagnostics? It looks like it will fail > the test of the LCSPX graphics board, if it’s not plugged into a monitor, or > is missing a loopback device. Is that correct? > > T 2 fails, but the manual makes it sound like I need a loopback
IIRC, it is normal that it fails, without a monitor attached. Did you try to switch to serial console, if it still complains? > T 100 succeeds when testing the LCSPX graphics board. If you have amonitor attached, you would see some colors flipping and some drawing being made on the screen > > The system had been a boat anchor until a short time ago, as the battery in > the Dallas DS1287A RTC was dead. Amazon just delivered two DS12887’s. Once > I replaced it, it came right up. I was surprised to see I had a 4GB and a > 2GB drive in it. Which ones did you get? (source?) Have to fix another two in the near future ... > > Now to dig out the mouse, and wait for the parts to hook it up to a monitor. > :-) Yes, the monitor cable is fun to look for ... Cheers!