[c-nsp] FATAL SYSTEM ERROR on Catalyst 3100

[Ryan O'Connell]

On 07/12/2004 21:21, Kris Boulez wrote:

>I "inherited" an abandoned Catalyst 3100 which I want to use in the
>network of my son's school. When I boot the machine I get the following on the console
>  
>
>  - CPU loopback test...WARNING: Network transmit interrupt not received.
>WARNING: Network transmit interrupt not received.
>WARNING: Network receive interrupt not received.
>FATAL SYSTEM ERROR: Packet dropped due to data error: expected 248010,
>received0Packet dropped due to data error: expected 248010, received 0
>  
>

This sounds like a dead motherboard and would not be cheap nor economic 
to repair I'm afraid. Cisco stopped selling the 3000s over 5 years ago, 
and the design will be even older than that. (About 8-10 years old I 
think) You'd be better off buying a cheap switch from your local PC store.

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