RS/6000 and a "40110001" error code (PSU)
David Kirkby
6 years. A few days ago I powered it up, installed AIX 5.2, and it
seemed fine. I've switched it on/off a few times since.
Last I recall issuing the "shutdown" command and the machine powered
off I assume.
When I next looked at the machine, the LCD display says "OK". But
after depressing the power button, I see a couple of lights briefly
light on the DDS-3 tape drive. Then they extinguished and the LCD
display shows "40110001"
The service manual says:
40110001 Power Supply fail.
1. Check power cable to P2 connector on I/O Board.
2. Power supply.
3. I/O board. (See notes on 3-1.)
4. Service processor.
Before I go diving in, is there any common faults on these machines
that are likely to give that error code?
It does not look too promising at first thought. I'm not going to
able to get a PSU easily, and with no way to swap it for another unit,
I would really not have a clue where the problem is.
I pulled all the disks out, the tape drive and the CD-ROM drive,
thinking (rather hoping) that one had developed a short, but I can't
clear that error code.
Is it time to dig a big hole, bury the machine, put a cross on top
with "RIP"?
Dave
Rick Ekblaw
> When I next looked at the machine, the LCD display says "OK". But
> after depressing the power button, I see a couple of lights briefly
> light on the DDS-3 tape drive. Then they extinguished and the LCD
> display shows "40110001"
David, my friend, you are cursed. In this case the error code is
probably accurate, you have a failing part inside the PSU. And I am
located in the United States, so the cost of shipping a replacement PSU
over the Atlantic would be substantial.
The DDS-3 tape drive will be worth parting out, most likely. The rest
of the components... not so much.
Rick Ekblaw
Jan Gerrit Kootstra
Might sound stupid, but try a vacumecleaner. Might help.
In 6 years even a server/workstation in a datacenter gets dusty.
Kind regards,
Jan Gerrit Kootstra
David Kirkby
> David Kirkby wrote:
> > When I next looked at the machine, the LCD display says "OK". But
> > after depressing the power button, I see a couple of lights briefly
> > light on the DDS-3 tape drive. Then they extinguished and the LCD
> > display shows "40110001"
>
> David, my friend, you are cursed. In this case the error code is
> probably accurate, you have a failing part inside the PSU. And I am
> located in the United States, so the cost of shipping a replacement PSU
> over the Atlantic would be substantial.
I actually had the RS/6000 shipped across the Atlantic when I bought
this unit - the cost in the USA was so much less than here in the UK,
that it was worth paying the carriage costs to get it here!
My justification for keeping the machine is falling somewhat.
* I expect IBM will be providing me access to a quad core 4.5 GHz
machine (I forget the model number)
* I do have access to a public machine.
But there is a lot to be said for having root access on hardware. When
things are wrong, you can fix them youself - that is not so easy when
it is someone elses computer and I'm are not paying for it!
> The DDS-3 tape drive will be worth parting out, most likely. The rest
> of the components... not so much.
I've got tons of DDS tapes, though most are DDS-4. But there is the
odd DDS-3 and DDS-2 that could be used in the drive.
> Rick Ekblaw
I've got somewhat fond memories of this machine, as when I wrote some
open-source multi-threaded coded
it worked on every system I had tested it on (Solaris, HP-UX, Unicos,
Linux, SCO Unix, tru64, IRIX, NetBSD, OpenBSD and FreeBSD, Unixware
and more), but it occasionally failed on AIX. I was convinced it was
an AIX bug, but eventually I found it was a bug in my code, which the
RS/6000 had helped me find.
Dave
David Kirkby
wrote:
Yes, I will try that.
I did use a vacuum cleaner before power it up a few days back, as it
had not been used for years. It has been in my garage - not an air-
conditioned data centre. Had it failed to power up then, I would have
been far less surprised, but the fact it worked for a while, then
packed up is a bit more surprising.
Dave