Re: 56KFlex upgrade failure

Stephen Fisher (lithium@cia-g.com)
Fri, 15 Aug 1997 14:27:09 -0600 (MDT)

So some of the Pm3 units have bad back-planes which only cause problems
with the new cards? If so how do we identify them? Such upgrade
problems? We have to RMA the unit if it does have the problem? Doh.

- Steve
- Systems Manager
- Community Internet Access, Inc.
- Gallup and Grants, New Mexico

On Fri, 15 Aug 1997, David Davies wrote:

> >
> >
> > Tooks a working PM-3 and did the following:
> >
> > 1) Upgraded to COMOS 3.7 and rebooted
> > 2) Ran tests and left it on line for several hours. No problems
> > 3) Powered off and swapped the modem cards to K56FLEX.
> > 4) Powered up.
> > 5) ISDN works fine. Analog calls are answered by dead silence.
> > 6) SHOW MODEM shows everything working fine.
> >
> > Waiting for my call back from Livingston support :-(
>
> Been there done that. New unit should be here Monday.
>
> They told me it was a bad back plane card.
>
> Try this... Take out the card at the top right and the top middle and
> reboot (assuming your loaded to the gills)
>
> Worked for us I was able to put the middle card back in while unit was on,
> put the top right card in and it worked for about 12 hours before it locked
> up. Currently running with 1 less 10X card with no probs.
>
> Let me know
>
> I also put 3 old cards in with the rest 56K and it came right up...
>
> David Davies
> Director, Internet Services
> Buckeye Internet Services, Ltd.
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