Problem with IDE controller on Sun Blade 150

[tonata]

Hi,

When I do the command "test-all" on a Sun Blade 150 I get this error:



It says

IDE device did not reset, busy bit not set

And also:

ide@d selftest failed, return code = 1

No HDD is attached. IDE cable for the CD is replaced.
I am able to detect my original CD/DVD and other using the command "probe-ide". I could not boot Solaris 9 as I do with my other Sun Blade. So I think it is this error that is preventing me from.
So the built-in pci IDE controller is not working? I did not know these things do fail.
After resetting a few times the error changes to something like "Missing ATA...".

How do I test further?
Is the IDE controller built in the riser card? Maybe I need a new riser card?
I have the IDPROM invalid. Maybe replacing the M48T59Y-70PC1D will improve things? In theory no, but I have another Sun where just changing the nvram made it stable and started to work again.

 

[NeXT]

If the Dallas NVRAM has gone flat, you have to do a lot more than replace it/replace the battery inside of it. You will need to reprogram the serial, MAC address and calculate the checksum.

 

[Bob-O-Rama]

I have the IDPROM invalid. Maybe replacing the M48T59Y-70PC1D will improve things? In theory no, but I have another Sun where just changing the nvram made it stable and started to work again.

Check the jumpers on the CDROM to ensure the master / slave jumpers are correct for a single drive. As for the IDPROM, you can test by setting it up ( even with a bad battery it can retain the data for a short while between power cycles ) and see if the issue resolves itself. If it does, then you know a new nvram modules will likely fix the issue. If having valid nvram does not correct the issue, that also points you in the right direction.

 

[tonata]

Now it says when using test-all.

ERROR: IDE Primary Command Block register4

I still can not boot from IDE CD-ROM.

I am trying with:

boot /pci@1f,0/ide@d/cdrom@0,0:f

Currently the CD is on "Device 2 (Secondary master)". Maybe I am not doing the command correctly? What are the

0,0

? How do you select Device 2, secondary master?
I also tried with:

boot /pci@1f,0/ide@d/cdrom@2,0:f

but it did not work.

 

[tonata]

This capacitor looks like it is leaking. Can this be the source of the problem? My problem seems to change over power ons so it is rather hardware.