On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Paul Mansfield <[email protected] > wrote:
> Thanks for taking the time to read this > > I have a Cisco ASA5505 running 8.2.5 (insufficient RAM for 8.3 or 8.4). > > If I power cycle it starts up just fine. If I "reload" and watch the > serial port it says rebooting and goes into error mode - all LEDS on > front and each port flash repeatedly. > > I've tried reverting to an older ASA image - 8.2.1 - and it exhibited > the same problem. > > > I've be grateful if anyone can suggest why this happens? > > > Hye Paul, I had a very similar issue with a 5540 not too long ago. Removing and re-seating the RAM modules and flash seems to have made things all better. About to tackle a 5505 upgrade with a bag of 2nd hand server RAM so I'll try to post my results here. It's a management FW so we can afford to traverse the 'non-Cisco' path, should it all work out. Cheers, David.
