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RE: [cobalt-users] Qube2 wont restore.
- Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Qube2 wont restore.
- From: "agility" <webmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed Mar 19 16:04:02 2003
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Sun Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
>
> I just go a Qube2 off of eBay.
> When I brought it home it functioned fine (it appeared to boot fully),
> until the next day...I started it up to see if it ran all day fine just
> powered up, it didn't. When I came home it was turning itself on and
> off in an endless cycle, with the LCD display tuning on and off also.
> So I listened to it and it sounded like the HD was going bad, so I
> replaced it today with a 20GB HD, and that appeared to fix it. Now I
> run the restore CD and I get it to say "Network booting" it sits there
> for about 7min then reboots itself and hangs up on the "Starting Up"
> screen eventually it just turns off :-(
> Also now it seems to be doing the on/off thing with this new HD also, it
> would be like someone is pressing the power button a whole bunch of
> times, and eventually leaves it turned on.
>
> Anyone help???Please???
>
Sounds like a power problem, is the fan running, keeping it cool?
Paul ASI
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