No video at all is usually merely a symptom, and there's actually nothing wrong with the video adapter or the monitor - something else is wrong."FYI, Display card is inbuilt"The term CARD is frequently mis-used. A CARD is plugged into a mboard slot and can be removed. In this case, it's a video or gRead more
No video at all is usually merely a symptom, and there’s actually nothing wrong with the video adapter or the monitor – something else is wrong.
“FYI, Display card is inbuilt” The term CARD is frequently mis-used. A CARD is plugged into a mboard slot and can be removed. In this case, it’s a video or graphics or display adapter, but if it’s built into the mboard and cannot be removed, IT’S NOT A CARD !!
Any monitor that works with the other working sun blade 150 servers should work with the two sun blade 150 servers that you’re having problems with.
A single beep while booting can be either the same as what you normally hear on the other working sun blade 150 servers , indicating the mboard POST has completed successfuly, or it can sound different and indicate an error – lower or higher tone, and/or shorter or longer in duration. Does the beep sound the same as on the working sun blade 150 servers ??
The most common reasons for no video are
– there is a problem with the reliability of the connection of the ram in it’s slot(s)
A common thing that can happen with ram, even ram that worked fine previously, is the ram has, or has developed, a poor connection in it’s slot(s). This usually happens a long time after the ram was installed, but it can happen with new ram, or after moving the computer case from one place to another, and I’ve had even new modules that needed to have their contacts cleaned.
See response 2 in this – try cleaning the contacts on the ram modules, and making sure the modules are properly seated: http://www.computing.net/hardware/w…
In this case, you can consult the Service manual, or the ram installation document, for the sun blade 150 series – see below
– somone installed ram that is NOT compatible with using it in the mboard. E.g. this sun blade 150 series can use 512mb SDram modules, but it’s probable only ones that have 16 chips, 8 chips on each side, NOT 8 chips on one side, will be compatible. In this case, since you have other working sun blade 150 servers, any ram that works in the working ones will be compatible with using it in the ones with no video.
– the power supply is failing. Failing power supplies are common and can cause your symptoms. Check your PS. They often partially work, fans and hard drives may spin, leds may come on, yet you may get no video and the mboard will not boot all the way. See response 4 in this: http://www.computing.net/hardware/w…
If it is failing, you can usually replace it with any decent standard sized standard ATX PS with the same capacity or greater.
Standard (PS/2) power supply size – 86mm high, 150mm wide, 140mm deep, or 3 3/8″ h x 5 7/8″ w x 5 1/2″ d , or very close to that, though the depth can be more or less for some PSs.
NOTE that it appears these sun blade 150 servers use mostly if not all standard PC computer parts. The power supply is probably a standard wired standard sized ATX (or AT?) power supply. If it is, the main power connector from the PS, which probably has a one piece 20 position connector if it’s ATX, with 19 or 20 of the positions having one or more wires, the wire colors being the same at each position as for a standard ATX power supply.
In any case, any power supply from one of your working sun blade 150 servers should work fine in the ones that have no video.
– there are loose connections inside the computer case. Unplug the case/power supply, or switch off the AC power to it otherwise. Power off your monitor. Open up the case. Check all the connections of the wiring to make sure they are all the way onto their pins and into their sockets, especially the main connector from the power supply. The wires close to the mboard going into the main power connector/socket should be more or less perpendicular to the mboard surface rather than at an angle. Make sure all cards in slots are all the way down in their slots. ……
This is unlikely, but certainly possible….
Since these are relatively old computers, it’s possible that they had electrolytic capacitors installed on them that were not properly made, and those tend to fail eventually.
Examine the mboard to see if you have bad capacitors, and/or other findable signs of mboard damage .
This was the original bad capacitor problem – has some example pictures. History of why the exploding capacitors and which mboard makers were affected: http://members.datafast.net.au/~dft…
Assuming you have NOT dropped this computer and have NOT spilled liquid on it..... All your symptoms are caused by a poor USB connection. Examine the USB ports and the plugs on the USB cable or other device you're using to to see whether they're damaged. E.g. Bent - such that the fit of the plug isRead more
Assuming you have NOT dropped this computer and have NOT spilled liquid on it…..
All your symptoms are caused by a poor USB connection.
Examine the USB ports and the plugs on the USB cable or other device you’re using to to see whether they’re damaged.
E.g. Bent – such that the fit of the plug is loose – stretched outer metal shell in the port, squished metal outer shell on a plug; bent or loose contacts in the port or plug, the plastic blocking plug that prevents you from plugging in a USB plug upside down is loose or missing.
If you’re using an external USB hub, try plugged each USB device directly into ports built into the computer.
If you don’t see anything wrong with the USB plugs or ports, if whatever you’re connecting has a cord, wires inside the cord are probably damaged.
USB devices may not work correctly when they're connected to certain USB ports e.g. ports in a hub or on the front of a desktop case. If you have a desktop computer, you may have an IRQ sharing problem you need to fix. See response 3 in this:https://computing.net/answers/wi...Included at the end ofRead more
USB devices may not work correctly when they’re connected to certain USB ports e.g. ports in a hub or on the front of a desktop case. If you have a desktop computer, you may have an IRQ sharing problem you need to fix. See response 3 in this: https://computing.net/answers/wi…
Included at the end of that is how to properly unload and re-load your USB stack – it’s usually not necessary to do that for a laptop.
Also – if you are using a USB extension cable, some of them have inadequate wiring and will not work properly with some USB devices.
If none of those things is your problem, rarely, certain USB devices will conflict with each other, and you may or may not get any indication of that in Windows – System Information on the left side. Try plugging in one USB device at a time until you determine which two specific devices have a conflict problem. If any of your mice are “combo” ones that can be connected via a USB or PS/2 connection, connecting it via the PS/2 connection may make the problem go away. (It must be a “combo” mouse that is wired up and designed to be used with either of both types of connection – a simple gender adapter will not work otherwise).
What does Disk Management say about it? Did you partition the entire drive? Is hibernate enabled? Do you have a large page file set? If you don't know how to check these you could probably just Google it and find a good tutorial .
What does Disk Management say about it? Did you partition the entire drive?
Is hibernate enabled?
Do you have a large page file set?
If you don’t know how to check these you could probably just Google it and find a good tutorial .
So it's not booting past the initial check of VRAM. To troubleshoot you may need to disconnect any drives and if it still fails to boot past the VRAM check then I suspect bios corruption or a motherboard failure. I know little about laptop systems so not sure whether the motherboard has a CMOS resetRead more
So it’s not booting past the initial check of VRAM.
To troubleshoot you may need to disconnect any drives and if it still fails to boot past the VRAM check then I suspect bios corruption or a motherboard failure.
I know little about laptop systems so not sure whether the motherboard has a CMOS reset jumper
In most cases, it isn't possible to upgrade a laptop's graphics card. ... The vast majority of laptops have integrated graphics, which means the GPU (graphics processing unit) is permanently attached to the motherboard, and not removable as it is in a desktop PC.
In most cases, it isn’t possible to upgrade a laptop’s graphics card. … The vast majority of laptops have integrated graphics, which means the GPU (graphics processing unit) is permanently attached to the motherboard, and not removable as it is in a desktop PC.
Presuming you mean the dvd drive... Usually theres a button somewhere on the tray face; and also there will be small hole where one can insert a paper clip to open the drive if it has a disc stuck inside. And you can often "eject" a disk by right-clicking on the drive icon/letter in Explorer or My CRead more
Presuming you mean the dvd drive… Usually theres a button somewhere on the tray face; and also there will be small hole where one can insert a paper clip to open the drive if it has a disc stuck inside. And you can often “eject” a disk by right-clicking on the drive icon/letter in Explorer or My Computer and there may/will be the eject option. If there isn’t a disc inside… logically eject probably won’t respond.
And this photo clearly shows the drive (it’s on the right end/side when viewing laptop from the front). The button to open the drive is clearly shown… The drive tray face is moulded to match the rest of the lapto, and the button is just below the curve of the tray face…
Click start, right clight "computer" click properties and then on the left should have device manager. Go to the device manager and under the audio tab see if the audio driver has a yellow exclamation mark, red "X" , isn't listed, or appears normal. Make sure you are on line, right click on the audiRead more
Click start, right clight “computer” click properties and then on the left should have device manager. Go to the device manager and under the audio tab see if the audio driver has a yellow exclamation mark, red “X” , isn’t listed, or appears normal. Make sure you are on line, right click on the audio driver and select update, allowing it to use windows updates. See if it finds a better driver, you may need to restart if it installs a new driver. If it does not find a better driver, restart the computer anyway. Go back to the device manager, audio properties, realtek driver….(if problem is not solved) right click on the driver and uninstall the driver. It will ask if you are sure you etc. Afterwards restart the computer and let the computer find and reinstall the audio driver and see if that works for you.
"Or is that too paranoid?"With a problem so obscure, No.Make sure when you reinstall, you delete ALL partitions & format.W7 - Click on > Drive options (advanced) Then highlight each partition & hit > Delete.http://www.blackviper.com/os-instal...http://www.blackviper.com/os-instal...HerRead more
“Or is that too paranoid?” With a problem so obscure, No.
Make sure when you reinstall, you delete ALL partitions & format.
No Display On Solaris 150
No video at all is usually merely a symptom, and there's actually nothing wrong with the video adapter or the monitor - something else is wrong."FYI, Display card is inbuilt"The term CARD is frequently mis-used. A CARD is plugged into a mboard slot and can be removed. In this case, it's a video or gRead more
“FYI, Display card is inbuilt”
The term CARD is frequently mis-used. A CARD is plugged into a mboard slot and can be removed. In this case, it’s a video or graphics or display adapter, but if it’s built into the mboard and cannot be removed, IT’S NOT A CARD !!
Any monitor that works with the other working sun blade 150 servers should work with the two sun blade 150 servers that you’re having problems with.
A single beep while booting can be either the same as what you normally hear on the other working sun blade 150 servers , indicating the mboard POST has completed successfuly, or it can sound different and indicate an error – lower or higher tone, and/or shorter or longer in duration. Does the beep sound the same as on the working sun blade 150 servers ??
The most common reasons for no video are
– there is a problem with the reliability of the connection of the ram in it’s slot(s)
A common thing that can happen with ram, even ram that worked fine previously, is the ram has, or has developed, a poor connection in it’s slot(s).
This usually happens a long time after the ram was installed, but it can happen with new ram, or after moving the computer case from one place to another, and I’ve had even new modules that needed to have their contacts cleaned.
See response 2 in this – try cleaning the contacts on the ram modules, and making sure the modules are properly seated:
http://www.computing.net/hardware/w…
In this case, you can consult the Service manual, or the ram installation document, for the sun blade 150 series – see below
– somone installed ram that is NOT compatible with using it in the mboard. E.g. this sun blade 150 series can use 512mb SDram modules, but it’s probable only ones that have 16 chips, 8 chips on each side, NOT 8 chips on one side, will be compatible.
In this case, since you have other working sun blade 150 servers, any ram that works in the working ones will be compatible with using it in the ones with no video.
– the power supply is failing.
Failing power supplies are common and can cause your symptoms.
Check your PS.
They often partially work, fans and hard drives may spin, leds may come on, yet you may get no video and the mboard will not boot all the way.
See response 4 in this:
http://www.computing.net/hardware/w…
If it is failing, you can usually replace it with any decent standard sized standard ATX PS with the same capacity or greater.
Standard (PS/2) power supply size – 86mm high, 150mm wide, 140mm deep, or 3 3/8″ h x 5 7/8″ w x 5 1/2″ d , or very close to that, though the depth can be more or less for some PSs.
Don’t buy an el-cheapo PS.
See response 3 in this:
https://computing.net/answers/ha…
NOTE that it appears these sun blade 150 servers use mostly if not all standard PC computer parts.
The power supply is probably a standard wired standard sized ATX (or AT?) power supply. If it is, the main power connector from the PS, which probably has a one piece 20 position connector if it’s ATX, with 19 or 20 of the positions having one or more wires, the wire colors being the same at each position as for a standard ATX power supply.
In any case, any power supply from one of your working sun blade 150 servers should work fine in the ones that have no video.
– there are loose connections inside the computer case.
Unplug the case/power supply, or switch off the AC power to it otherwise.
Power off your monitor.
Open up the case. Check all the connections of the wiring to make sure they are all the way onto their pins and into their sockets, especially the main connector from the power supply. The wires close to the mboard going into the main power connector/socket should be more or less perpendicular to the mboard surface rather than at an angle. Make sure all cards in slots are all the way down in their slots.
……
This is unlikely, but certainly possible….
Since these are relatively old computers, it’s possible that they had electrolytic capacitors installed on them that were not properly made, and those tend to fail eventually.
Examine the mboard to see if you have bad capacitors, and/or other findable signs of mboard damage .
This was the original bad capacitor problem – has some example pictures.
History of why the exploding capacitors and which mboard makers were affected:
http://members.datafast.net.au/~dft…
What to look for, mboard symptoms, example pictures:
http://www.badcaps.net/pages.php?vid=5
Home page that site
– what the problem is caused by
– he says there are STILL bad capacitors on more recent mboards.
http://www.badcaps.net/
Pictures of blown capacitors, other components, power supplies, Athlon cpu’s, etc.:
http://www.halfdone.com/Personal/Jo…
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References.
Sun Blade 150 Workstation – main support page
http://www.sun.com/desktop/workstat…
Sun System Handbook
Sun Blade[tm] 150 Workstation
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pu…
Information areas – only the blue links work
Related Documentation – manuals:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/s…
Includes ram installation info.
In that list….
Sun Blade 150 Service Manual
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/81…
Lots of info in that, including pictures, diagrams.
…..
Sun Blade 150 – Full Components List
Diagrams near the end
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pu…
Part number 370-4872 – Mitac 250 Watt Power Supply
Sun Blade[tm] 150 Workstation: Hardware Specifications
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pu…
Graphics – supported cards link is no longer valid
…..
4 ram slots – 128mb to 512mb SDram modules in each slot – 2gb total maximum .
Third party parts available:
http://www.anysystem.com/sunblade15…
My W7 PC Is Making USB Da-Dum & De-Dum Sound
Assuming you have NOT dropped this computer and have NOT spilled liquid on it..... All your symptoms are caused by a poor USB connection. Examine the USB ports and the plugs on the USB cable or other device you're using to to see whether they're damaged. E.g. Bent - such that the fit of the plug isRead more
Assuming you have NOT dropped this computer and have NOT spilled liquid on it…..
All your symptoms are caused by a poor USB connection.
Examine the USB ports and the plugs on the USB cable or other device you’re using to to see whether they’re damaged.
E.g. Bent – such that the fit of the plug is loose – stretched outer metal shell in the port, squished metal outer shell on a plug; bent or loose contacts in the port or plug, the plastic blocking plug that prevents you from plugging in a USB plug upside down is loose or missing.
If you’re using an external USB hub, try plugged each USB device directly into ports built into the computer.
If you don’t see anything wrong with the USB plugs or ports, if whatever you’re connecting has a cord, wires inside the cord are probably damaged.
See lessMy Dell Latitude D610 Always Notifies Me To Press Fn-X
The function key is usually on the bottom row next to the Left Ctrl key Marked Fn. Press that and the X key simultaneously.
The function key is usually on the bottom row next to the Left Ctrl key Marked Fn.
See lessPress that and the X key simultaneously.
Mouse / Controller Conflict
USB devices may not work correctly when they're connected to certain USB ports e.g. ports in a hub or on the front of a desktop case. If you have a desktop computer, you may have an IRQ sharing problem you need to fix. See response 3 in this:https://computing.net/answers/wi...Included at the end ofRead more
USB devices may not work correctly when they’re connected to certain USB ports e.g. ports in a hub or on the front of a desktop case. If you have a desktop computer, you may have an IRQ sharing problem you need to fix.
See response 3 in this:
https://computing.net/answers/wi…
Included at the end of that is how to properly unload and re-load your USB stack – it’s usually not necessary to do that for a laptop.
Also – if you are using a USB extension cable, some of them have inadequate wiring and will not work properly with some USB devices.
If none of those things is your problem, rarely, certain USB devices will conflict with each other, and you may or may not get any indication of that in Windows – System Information on the left side. Try plugging in one USB device at a time until you determine which two specific devices have a conflict problem.
If any of your mice are “combo” ones that can be connected via a USB or PS/2 connection, connecting it via the PS/2 connection may make the problem go away.
(It must be a “combo” mouse that is wired up and designed to be used with either of both types of connection – a simple gender adapter will not work otherwise).
Main Drive Mysteriously Full
What does Disk Management say about it? Did you partition the entire drive? Is hibernate enabled? Do you have a large page file set? If you don't know how to check these you could probably just Google it and find a good tutorial .
What does Disk Management say about it? Did you partition the entire drive?
Is hibernate enabled?
Do you have a large page file set?
If you don’t know how to check these you could probably just Google it and find a good tutorial .
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So it's not booting past the initial check of VRAM. To troubleshoot you may need to disconnect any drives and if it still fails to boot past the VRAM check then I suspect bios corruption or a motherboard failure. I know little about laptop systems so not sure whether the motherboard has a CMOS resetRead more
So it’s not booting past the initial check of VRAM.
See lessTo troubleshoot you may need to disconnect any drives and if it still fails to boot past the VRAM check then I suspect bios corruption or a motherboard failure.
I know little about laptop systems so not sure whether the motherboard has a CMOS reset jumper
Is The Graphic Card In NEC Laptop Upgradable?
In most cases, it isn't possible to upgrade a laptop's graphics card. ... The vast majority of laptops have integrated graphics, which means the GPU (graphics processing unit) is permanently attached to the motherboard, and not removable as it is in a desktop PC.
In most cases, it isn’t possible to upgrade a laptop’s graphics card. … The vast majority of laptops have integrated graphics, which means the GPU (graphics processing unit) is permanently attached to the motherboard, and not removable as it is in a desktop PC.
See lessI Can’t Open Disk Drive On Acer Aspire E1-472
Presuming you mean the dvd drive... Usually theres a button somewhere on the tray face; and also there will be small hole where one can insert a paper clip to open the drive if it has a disc stuck inside. And you can often "eject" a disk by right-clicking on the drive icon/letter in Explorer or My CRead more
Presuming you mean the dvd drive… Usually theres a button somewhere on the tray face; and also there will be small hole where one can insert a paper clip to open the drive if it has a disc stuck inside. And you can often “eject” a disk by right-clicking on the drive icon/letter in Explorer or My Computer and there may/will be the eject option. If there isn’t a disc inside… logically eject probably won’t respond.
See lessAnd this photo clearly shows the drive (it’s on the right end/side when viewing laptop from the front). The button to open the drive is clearly shown… The drive tray face is moulded to match the rest of the lapto, and the button is just below the curve of the tray face…
Solved Use Win 7 Realtek Audio Device Error Code 0101
Click start, right clight "computer" click properties and then on the left should have device manager. Go to the device manager and under the audio tab see if the audio driver has a yellow exclamation mark, red "X" , isn't listed, or appears normal. Make sure you are on line, right click on the audiRead more
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USB Drives Lose Their Names, Won’t Accept New Names? Tags: Lennovo / R61i
"Or is that too paranoid?"With a problem so obscure, No.Make sure when you reinstall, you delete ALL partitions & format.W7 - Click on > Drive options (advanced) Then highlight each partition & hit > Delete.http://www.blackviper.com/os-instal...http://www.blackviper.com/os-instal...HerRead more
With a problem so obscure, No.
Make sure when you reinstall, you delete ALL partitions & format.
W7 – Click on > Drive options (advanced) Then highlight each partition & hit > Delete.
http://www.blackviper.com/os-instal…
http://www.blackviper.com/os-instal…
Here are some examples of why you delete all partitions.
http://forums.spybot.info/showthrea…
http://forums.whatthetech.com/index…
http://blog.eset.com/2011/10/18/tdl…
Have fun, it will be very interesting to see how it goes.