-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Tinka [mailto:mti...@africaonline.co.sz]
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 1:06 AM
To: Ted Mittelstaedt
Cc: cisc...@puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] AS5300 Console/Card Problems
On Thursday 13 January 2005 08:52, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
Take a screwdriver and completely disassemble it then put it
back together. There could be a loose connection or a screw
that got jammed in a bad place.
As it were, I came into the office at 4AM to work on it :(.
Like you suggest,
I took the whole unit apart and noticed multiple points of
concern (bent
jumper terminals, e.t.c.).
The biggest concern, and the main cause of the problem, was a
very very badly
seated backplane, specifically the lower port that plugs the
mainboard. More
interestingly was the fact that the right half of that port
had all its pins
bent like Humpty-Dumpty sat on the thing and used pliers to
twist them for
good measure - very very bad.
Anyway, I spent an hour re-aligning them, and not managing to
break any. I
then replaced the mainboard and voila, the console port was
now working! I
re-inserted the PRI and MICA cards, and the box is working fine!
It's very strange, really, the amount of harm inflicted on the device.
Hot danm, too bad you didn't take pictures!
Well, I'm very satisfied I didn't have to spend that much more
shipping it
back for replacement, needless to say, customs duties.
Thanks for all your help.
Your welcome! I bet it wasn't packed well and someone threw
it off a loading dock. Quite an amazing story!
Ted
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