Re: [cobalt-users] Bad accident :-( Flashed RaQ4r-ROM. Help

["Wim Dieke" <w.dieke@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Hi,
> 
> we've taken the wrong restore CD to restore our RaQ4r to factory default. So
> it was the RaQ550-CD-ROM our technican used. He was asked to flash the rom
> to a higher version to install and he did :-( After flashing of the ROM was
> OK he booted the RaQ4r and it doesnt came up again. The LCD is showing
> nothing and all LEDs are dead..
> 
> How can we "restore" the ROM of the RaQ4r and where do i get the rom-image
> to flash it, or need i send the whole raq to sun for repairing it?
> 
> regards,
> 
> Thorsten

I don't know if this would help your situation, but there is a trick to get things going.

First of all you need a healthy RAQ4 unit in working condition.
Second of all, the RAQ4 restore CD must ask for a flash upgrade also.

What we used to do with "normal" pc's is the following: 
1) boot the working PC up and run the flash upgrade program until the moment the program asks for confirmation of writing the flash.
2) then we pulled the flash rom simply out of the mainboard, and put the faulty rom in place. This is possible becourse most pc units do a rom bios cache in memory so after booting the actual rom is not needed.
3) confirm overwriting the flash, and voila: one extra healthy rom 

Hope this helps.

Wim.