[c-nsp] AS5300 Console/Card Problems

Ted Mittelstaedt tedm at toybox.placo.com
Fri Jan 14 00:20:23 EST 2005



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Tinka [mailto:mtinka at africaonline.co.sz]
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 1:06 AM
> To: Ted Mittelstaedt
> Cc: cisco-nsp at 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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