8. Troubleshooting
Barco – TransForm A - X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 09 – September-2006
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8.1
TransForm A not booting
When T
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F
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A is not booting properly it is important to state at which point of the boot process a fault oc-
curs. The display while booting is as follows, so you can see where the process is stopped.
On the first display (
board 1
/
port 0
, see section
), respectively on the central unit's VGA moni-
tor:
M3 PCI 128b
DDCinfo: Native DFC resolution is 1024x768@68Hz
ARGUS AGX-3000
VGA BIOS-3000-04 06.08.02 COPYRIGHT © 2002 BARCO Control Rooms
PCX-3000[0] -> MIPS RAM Base: $F000000 -> Number of VGAs: 0
PCX-3000[1] -> MIPS RAM Base: $E600000 -> Number of VGAs: 6 (PGA inside)
Total amount of VGAs: 6
Scan system for AGX-3000
Dev BP Bus Slot
=== == === ====
0 1 3 0 init... BAs: $1C000008/$0000B401/$48640000 done PGA
1 1 3 1 init... BAs: $20000008/$0000B401/$48644000 done
2 1 8 0 init... BAs: $2C000008/$0000B401/$48720000 done
3 1 8 1 init... BAs: $30000008/$0000B401/$48724000 done
4 1 11 0 init... BAs: $38000008/$0000B401/$48C40000 done
5 1 11 1 init... BAs: $3C000008/$0000B401/$48C44000 done
The ordinary self test report of a PC is displayed.
The other displays show their respective bus and slot no., e. g.:
M3 PCI 128b
ARGUS AGX-3000
VGA BIOS-3000-04 06.08.02 COPYRIGHT © 2002 BARCO Control Rooms
Dev: 1, BP: 1, PCI Bus: 3, Slot: 1 BAs: $20000008/$0000B401/$48644000
DDCinfo: Native DFP resolution is 1024x768@68Hz
fault
cause/steps
boot process is aborted while
Dev BP Bus Slot
=== == === ====
0 1 3 0 init... BAs:
$1C000008
ª
/$0000B401/$48640000 done PGA
1 1 3 1 init... BAs: $20000008
ª
/$0000B401/$48644000 done
etc. is displayed.
There is probably a problem with the graphic cards. Ask
an authorized person to make sure that all graphic
cards are inserted correctly.
If the fault remains, contact Barco, please.
boot process is aborted
CMOS checksum error
appears on the display
The battery is empty. Ask an authorized person to re-
place it by a fresh one.
boot process is aborted,
This PC has no hard disk or hard disk is
unreadable. SYSTEM HALTED
appears on the display
Check the removable frame of the hard disk drive, if it
is inserted properly and locked. If the error message
remains after restarting T
RANS
F
ORM
A, contact Barco,
please.
boot process is aborted,
Unable to read system configuration Press
<F1> to resume or <F2> for setup.
appears on the display
In some Processor
configurations with the P
ROCESSOR
AGS-3390
the BIOS has problems to allocate system
resources during BIOS initialization. Usually this does
not impair normal system operation. Press <F1> or
disable the option "Halt on all errors" in the BIOS setup.
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