[c-nsp] AS5300 Console/Card Problems

[raja sahney]

Alls well that ends welll  :-) somewere someone has another AS5300 running.

Cheers.


On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:20:23 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt
<tedm at toybox.placo.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----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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