Sun Microsystems 2 User manual

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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SPARCstation2FieldServiceManual

Part No: 800-5166-10

Revision A of February 1991

1991 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.—Printed in USA.

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Contents

About This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

1. System Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Major Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Main Logic Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

CPU Core. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

SBus Slots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Memory Management Unit+. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

S4 DMA+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Dynamic RAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Input/Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Eight Bit Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Single Inline Memory Modules (SIMMs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

SBus Boards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Mass Storage Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2. Diagnostics Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

How It Fits Together. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

When to Use Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Boot PROM Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Power-On Self-Test (POST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

On-Board Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Sundiag System Exerciser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

SunDiagnostic Executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Monitor and Forth Toolkit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

3. Preparing to Work on the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Halting the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Tools Needed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Disconnecting Desktop Storage Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Disconnecting External Storage Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Removing the System Unit’s Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Attaching a Wrist Strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

4. FRU Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Removing and Replacing FRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

FRU Identification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Single Inline Memory Modules (SIMMs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Determining Faulty SIMM Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

SBus Boards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Hard Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Fan Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Main Logic Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Serial Port Jumpers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Main Logic Board Voltage Test Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Before Replacing the Main Logic Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Removing the Main Logic Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Preparing Main Logic Board for Replacement . . . . . . . . . 89

Replacing the Main Logic Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Boot PROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

NVRAM/TOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Speaker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Replacing the System Unit’s Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Connecting the Desktop Storage Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Connecting the External Storage Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Video Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

How to Turn the Power Back On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

A. System Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Regulatory Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Input Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

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Environmental Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Physical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

B. Illustrated Parts Breakdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Parts Breakdown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

C. FRU List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

FRU List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

D. Open Boot PROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Open Boot PROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

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Figures

Figure 1-1 SPARCstation 2 Block Diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Figure 1-2 Top View of the System With the Cover Removed . . . . . . . . . 3

Figure 1-3 The Workstation’s Main Logic Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Figure 1-4 Block Level Diagram of the Main Logic Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Figure 2-1 Default Boot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Figure 2-2 Arrangement of Keyboard LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Figure 2-3 Keyboard LED Diagnostic Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Figure 2-4 Location of SIMM Slots in System Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Figure 2-5 SIMM Slot Locations on Main Logic Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Figure 2-6 Halting the System and Displaying On-Board Diagnostics . . 30

Figure 3-1 System Unit Back Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Figure 3-2 The System Unit’s Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Figure 4-1 Top View of the System With the Cover Removed . . . . . . . . . 43

Figure 4-2 Boards and Modules (continued on next page) . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Figure 4-2 Boards and Modules (continued) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Figure 4-3 SIMM Extraction Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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Figure 4-4 Inserting the SIMM Extraction Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Figure 4-5 Final Manual Removal of a SIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Figure 4-6 Location of SIMM Slots in System Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Figure 4-7 SIMM Slot Location on Main Logic Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Figure 4-8 4 Megabyte SIMM: Horizontally-mounted Chips . . . . . . . . . . 53

Figure 4-9 Removing and Replacing the Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Figure 4-10 Hard Disk Drive with 6 Jumpers—Jumper Setting for Drive 1 64

Figure 4-11 Hard Disk Drive with 5 Jumpers—Jumper Setting for Drive 1 64

Figure 4-12 Hard Disk Drive with 6 Jumpers—Jumper Setting for Drive 2 65

Figure 4-13 Hard Disk Drive with 5 Jumpers—Jumper Setting for Drive 2 65

Figure 4-14 Removing and Replacing the Hard Disk Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Figure 4-15 Connecting Power and Data Cables to the Hard Disk Drive . 68

Figure 4-16 Removing and Replacing the Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Figure 4-17 Connecting Power and Data Cables to the Diskette Drive . . . 72

Figure 4-18 Removing and Replacing the Fan Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Figure 4-19 Connecting "Y" Power Cable to Fan Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Figure 4-20 Top View of System Unit’s Internal Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Figure 4-21 Serial Port Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Figure 4-22 Preset RS-423 Jumper Positions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Figure 4-23 RS-232 Jumper Positions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Figure 4-24 Pin Location of Power Supply Connector (J0701). . . . . . . . . . . 80

Figure 4-25 Main Logic Board Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Figure 4-26 Removing and Replacing the Main Logic Board . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Figure 4-27 Replacing the System Unit’s Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Figure B-1 System Interconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

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Figure B-2 Exploded View of the System Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Figure B-3 Exploded View of the System Unit Showing Drive Bracket. . . . 110

Figure B-4 Exploded View of the Main Logic Board in the System Unit. . . 111

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