Fairlight-CMI

Hi,

The NVRam reset looks like an empty battery to replace. I belive it is located on the ESPWX Waveform Executive Card.

Hope it helps.

Laurent.

On Feb 25, 2014, at 20:51, Havelock John Tucker <hjtucker@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I appreciate that this may be somewhat off-topic but thought I'd put it out to the learned brain trust anyway.
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> My MFX3+ (running Rev 15.05.03 and which has been absolutely rock solid since day one) is having trouble booting up.
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> On start, I get the message: "NVRAM is erased - reconfiguration is forced. Do you want to use recommended NVRAM configuration?"
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> Supply an answer: Yes (or No and manually set through same result)
>
> Machine gets into Executive Flashware Display. All hardware and software options are accounted for and all SCSI devices are identified.
>
> System detects valid OS-9 boot file on turbo SCSI 0 and proceeds but hangs at "Setting Up Routing Tables"
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> Sometimes on power-up (only sometimes), it will take me to the Fairlight network display, indicating that there's no unique host information entered (which feels like it may be relevant to the Routing Tables hang).
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> I can navigate and enter values into the network fields but can't Save and Exit as the MFX Console's Blue key does not seem to be working since I (perhaps prematurely) reset the Console software. Its current status is "Waiting for MFX software"
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> I've used the Space bar to interrupt startup and select the "ROM" option but part way in get the message "Can't execute app2.sea"
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> I've reseated all cards and cables. Does not feel like a hardware issue (unless it's RAM chips). I've also replaced the battery on the Console board.
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> So far, I have not found anything to provide a solution in the MFX+ Service Manual.
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> My questions:
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> 1. Can anyone suggest a solution or an approach to troubleshooting this situation?
> 2. Is there a way to re-initialze the machine directly from the Exabyte Software tape?
> 3. Are there any support resources out there for MFX now that Fairlight Au's Online Forum closed?
>
> Big thanks in advance,
>
> John Tucker
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