Sage II Service Manual

SAGE
II
SAGE
35
SERVICE
ocr.
COMPUTER
N.
RENO,
NV
HANUAL
1982
TECHNOLOGY
SUITE
II4
89502
SAGE
II SERVICE
MANUAL
VERSION
I.O
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
MANUAL
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Contents
DESCRIPTION
DIAGNOSTIC AIDS AVAILABLE
CARE AND
CIRCUIT
CHIP HANDLING. . . . . .
DISK
I.{ICROPOLIS
SOFTT{ARE
SYSTE},T
DRIVE HANDLING.
LEVEL TROUBLE
CIIECKING
REPLACING THE
poIIER-Up
I
INITIALIZATIONT RAlt{ I"IEMORY DISK B0OTSTRAP.
SPECIAL
OF DIAGNOSTIC AIDS
EANDLING
BOARD
DISK DRM
INSTALLATION
THE
PO.rilER SUPPLY . .
PROCEDURES . O'' I O' t''''' 3
HANDLING. . O
POI^IER SUPPLY.
ROIITINE
TEST . .
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DESCRIPTION
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SERVTCE
OF DIAGNOSTIC
MANUAL
[1.0]
AIDS
DESCRIPTION
The
Service user/dealer are
The
POIIER-UP ts always system good
The components for
by any
types
The
Sfunple,
a
The heads
checkout.
dlgttal
CYCLER test
identlfying
user
problems
of
ALIGNITENT
step-by-step
speclally
CTEANER
of a
bulldup.
OF
DIAGNOSTIC AIDS :
Kit contalns
and are
(
executed
explalned in
BOOT)
OR
on
Troubleshooting
hardware
are repeatedly
the
but hardware
test is
formatted
program
floppy
experlence.
is a
true
and
repair
lnstructions
diagnostlc
ls
drive.
several major dlagnostlc
detail tn
TEST resides ln
power-up
or reset.
at
system
executed.
perfornance
experience
used to
exerciser.
them.
determine if
and
diskette
used wirh
Often
thts
The of a
will be necessary
a
diskette
disk
the
level ls
disk Eest is
drive. This
a new
make this test
errors are
this
doctrment.
PROMS
provldes
It
Tests
a drlve
philosophy
cleaning
aids for
of
the
a
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of all
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at
especially
test
to
ls
of Eestlng
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kit
the
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to
overall
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user wlth
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to
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slnple
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system
useful
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ERR0R
Also valuable
available
LOOKUP llst ls
are
trouble
shooting
a llst
descriptions
hints.
of error
of the
messages and
system
operation
what
they
with
mean,
some
SAGE
II
SERVICE
DIAGNOSTIC
AIDS
MANUAL
[1.0J
AVAILABLE
II
In wtll These
DIAGNOSTIC
order
need
diagnostics
2 2 Scratch I
I Diskette
Addttlonal
#l Oscllloscope heat cans of
AIDS
to
use
some
either
SAGE
Sgrvice Manual
Test lnterface
Test
the
II
diskettes
AVAILABLE
of the
software
aids
Usgr's
are
diskettes..(Box
A1 lgnrnent
diskettg DYSAN double
lt
506-400
density
cleaning
VERBATIM
equipurent
or
lfz
gun
needed
Phillips head
ttfreezett
:
diagnostics
and/or
avallable
described
hardware
from
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An that temperature
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ground
The boards working
to
the
the traces
straps for
repair
on and a
on the
discharge
soldering
soldering
controlled)
and
mat
Eechnician
area
must have
ground
board.
himself
iron
lron
damage the
before
with
be no
with
an anti-static
strap
The
technlcian
worklng
a
snal1 tip.
more
a
srnall tip.
board badly.
for
on the unlt.
the
must
It
than
mat
Eechnlcian
always
25 watts
large
A
to
place
touch
is
important
iron
as he is
the
the
(or
will
CPU
mat
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SAGE
AND HANDLING PROCEDURES
CAPS
I"IANUAL
[1.0]
III
Some Statlc circults. damage procedures
III.OI
Clrcuit
Users
Circuit placed
Circuit
III.O2
Chips to the
CARE AND
components
especially
and should be
CIRCUIT
boards shall only be
shall
boards shall onlv be
between
boards
CHIP HANDLING:
sha1l
nat.
HANDLING PB.OCEDURES
lnternal to
ls known
Industry
considers
SAGE
ALWAYS
boards.
shall only
ONLY be
quidelines have been
followed with
most
BOARD HANDTING
grounded
be
be
handled on anti-static mats
the SAGE
to cause
no devlatlon.
irnportant.
:
handle<l on
Lo the mat.
stacked
stacked 8
:
are sensltive
damage
established
or over
if a
high.
layer
improper handlittg.
Eo
to both CMOS
to reduce
secEion
This
antl-statlc mats.
conductive
of
with the user
gives
and
LSI
static
the
foam is
grounded
III.O3
Dlsk drives
Dlsk drives
Disk drives
Disk drives p1
ace
Disk cardboard
Disk drives Before touching any disk
the anti-stati-c
trII.04
The MICROPOLIS
DISK DRIVE
shall be
shal1 be very
shall always be stored on
shall always
.
drive
2.
doors shal1
shlpping
I,TICROPOLIS
The door may
1. The
sha1l
disk drlves
disk
IIANDLING
grasped
never ever be
diskette
only be
first.
mat
DISK DRIVE HANDTING
be closed with
drlves are
:
only
gently
stored
be
in
drive
are handled
shlpped
from
handled at all tJ-mes,
place.
handled and
the
the front
edge.
with
cardboard
closed
handler
as above with
nothlng ln
wlthout a
without either a
placed
:
plastlc
shipping diskette
on antl-static
shall discharge
the drive.
packing
bezel.
these
dlskette.
dlfferences:
dlskette
mats,
hlmself
in
or
to
SAGE rI SERVICE SOFTWARE
INSTALLATION
I'{ANUAL
[1.0]
IV SOFTHARE INSTALLATION
The SAGE II Dlagnostic Erack and one source
flles.
40
The
track.
disketLes
:
software
Each
boot
as selected.
The master diskettes Fller and ls a
very
the diskettes
As personnel done by ".TEXTtt
f lles
safely
important safety
create
making
stored. As bad systems
work
a
except
A bridge system ( one
shlpped
precaution.
hold both source
diskettes
direcE
copy ( boot
"USERLIB.TEXT'
wlth
sn be tested by uslng SAGEUTIL example:
Boot
the
T?ren type
track diskette
80
trErt
frxrr
tt6tt
It6tt
Exit to Xecute Conf change ON-LINE.
(usualty
the command
SAGEUTIL.
igure.
when building
trPtf
't5rr rrBrr ttTtt
tf
Fl
rrJfr (cr)
rrYfr rrQtt tr
f
If
(cr)tt
f
loppy change.
the
40
trk
to set to 40
to set
CYCLER
set
set Read
to
to
number of
the
after
type return
updates configuratlon
until back
re-lnit to
to
is
shlpped
dlskette
has a
to a menu
from
SAGE
and code,
hold
that
area
from
track drive
80 to
change
ln
drlve
line.
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(or
an
80/40
floppy
drive
track SAGE
non-standard
properly.
run
retries
write OFF.
until
ttReady
at command
test
menu.
on
complete
program
should
tend to
lt
only
the
also)
new
the
and
floppy
the
lt4z)
then
test
(
or
format.
parameters
=l
to write...?tt
line.
two diskettes,
which
backed
be
destroy
is
advlsed
code
and
set
runs each
diskettes,
flles.
then deleting
code
of
up using
that
floppy.
40 track drlve)
a
parameters. For
the TEST
to
MENU.
"SYSTEM.MISCINFO
dlskette.)
lef t drive).
lf
4
for
one
and
test
the
thls
servtce This
all
can
(cr)"
80
ls
and
En
80140
naklng
ltself
the changes
deslred,
If
diskette
the diskette
on
diskette can
as above only
instead of
ON-LINE.
be
made
dupllcatlng
by
changlng
80
track
an
SYSTEM.MISCIMO
SAGE rr SERVTCE
SYSTEM LRVEL
TROUBLE
MANITAL
SHOOTING
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V
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Connect
During a normal of a second. Then boot
flashes
2. If LED stays LED stays RED then the blinking
If the
3.
4- Insert the
If
5. occur, replace the
Exceptlon error
These lntermittent
from
no
LEVEL
the
of red.
LED
slgn-on
errors
TROTIBLE
power
power-on
floppy is finished. It should stay
the
dark
then the
is
dark see the section on CHECK
booE diskette
message
can also
problem
SHOOTING
cord and
the
it turns
then the
cpu
cpu cannot
and
appears
computer board.
Parity
be
whose
or
:
terminal. T\rrn the
front green for
power
board may
access the Eerminal chlp.
press
or
error Memory error
caused by
voltages
panel
supply
reset.
LED
the startup test
may
not
be
one of the
a
need adiusting.
power
is
not worklng.
THE
power
for a fractlon
RED
green
be worklng. If
POWER SUPPLY.
following
supply
switch
until
except
If LED
errors
with an
on.
the for
ls
the
If
6. diskette
or a CRC error) command
there
If
7.
replacing
there
If
8.
on a two
SAGE
Replace
9.
cable.
Next,
10. where it
spec,
power
the
sign-on
(
such as
tt
tt
IF
l
are
the computer
ls
only
drive
thls
II
the
check
comes
check the
wirlng
appears ok but there
an error reading a system
try booting on the other drive using
.
Ewo drives and neither
board.
drive
one
system, try
is
Ehe lefr-hand
disk drlve ribbon
the
voltage
out
of the
power
harness.
supply
the computer
or
replacing
drive
cable
at
the disk
connector. If the voltage
voltage. If it is
is
an error in
will
one
board
the boot disk
(lt4z).
and try booting
drive
bootlng the
flle,
boot the system, try
clrcuit board itself
a drive
the debugger
has
been drlve.
wlth the new
correctr r€place
error,
replaced
ls
out of
0n
a
SAGE II CHECKING
SERVICH MANUAL
THE
[1.0J
POWER SUPPLY
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Check
power
supply for
5,0V
+12.0v
-12.0v
the
If external supply, and
Apply resistors
Check
the ranges supply
AdjusE:
voltages
devlces
disk
a
dumrny load
from
+
5V = 1.2
-lzV
po\./er
=
=
*l2V
the
then the
change the
+
5V
to
THE
POTER SUPPLY
these
= = =
do not
the
4.9V to
11.5v to
-10.0v
from
drives.
to
supply
ohmn
8.0
ohm
16 ohm
supply
seem rlght,
the
voltages
voltage
Rtr16
trlmmer.)
between
:
DC volcage
5.2V
13.0v
-13.5v
to
or some
board lncluding
powet:
Ehe
ground.
to
watt
50
watt
50
watt
25
again.
should
to
5.0
5.lV
ranges:
supply
adJusted.
be
are not
the termlnal,
by eonnecting
If the
voltages are
(On
there,
the
dlsconnect any
printer,
the followlng
outslde
Compower
power
of
power
Replace the
Check +12V
If the other
the
If
perlpheral
on a
To determlne current lfunlted
board.
cpu
drop
Using the appropriate
polnts
usual.ly fault
on the sectlon
the
voltage
lndlcate
1s
power
-IzV
voltages
power
on
a trace
supply
which
Be
between the
the
the
area where
usually a
supply if
for
for
belng
voltage to careful
board.
short
bad
this is
11.5
-10.0
fal1
checks
powered
section(s) have
that is
(usually
or a
chlp.
Eo
13.0V
-13.5V
to
outside
out
ok, then a
from
each
to
observe
power
The
the
solder brldge; in a
of the three
shorted.
most sensltive)
rail
points
short is.
possible.
not
the limlts
the
board.
the short(s), apply
correct
under
with the least
replace the
short exists
power
polarity.
test,
a new
In
supply
scale
and
board
Power supply.
on the
a
the
a
of
ground
voltage across
board the
from
board, or
5.0v, 3
lnputs
voltage will
DW, measure
at
varlous
fault
field
the
amp
on the
Ehem
is
the
rr SERVTCE
SAGE
CHECKING
REPLACING
MANUAL [ 1.0]
THE
POWER
THE
POWER
SUPPLY SUPP],Y
VI. O l
l. Dlsconnect
2. Remove
3.
4.
5.
6.
REPLACING
Disconnect
Remove
Gently
moved
be
front
the
top of the
the
from
The with anti-static
on the
the chassis.
board,
Disconnect
Remove supply Tandon
THE POI{BR.
power
the
the screws
all
cables
all
the circuit
back
bend
power
the
shield
disk drives
the
back sufficiently
panel.
whether
the
supply
screws
Ttlt the
front
materials
fan
on
to the chassi-s.
SUPPLY
cord.
around
connected
board
in, or out,
power
have
fastenings.
panel
front edge of
panel.
and
cord
shield,
the underside
power
:
vent
the
to the computer
outward
thac
Slide
of
procedure s
on
Note
supply
holes
so
the LED
the
the chassis
units
of
: only shields.
the back
on
board.
that
the chassis
Lhe circult
on the
the board unEll
board
.
which
forward to remove
must
have
the
panel.
board may
front
which
older models
wtll clear
lt
only be
fan
the
attach the
clears
handled
mounted
lE
wlth
7.
8.
9.
Dlsconnect
Remove
chassls
Install
the
and remove
the
power
four
new
connector
screws
the
po\^Ier
supply
f rom
whlch
power
po\^/er
secure
supply
in the
supply.
power
the
from the chassis.
reverse order.
supply
to the
sAcE POWER-UP
Ir SERVICE
ROUTINE
MANUAL
[1.0]
VI I
The explains early processor the
verstons
features
updaEes found
The
slmplex non-interrupt devlces. reset
On executlng
Ehe lnttial and
tnittallzation address hlgh
location.
POTER-UP
power-up
how
porElons
LED
problem.
of Lhe
descrtbed
power-up
Normally,
they
are
power-up
the boot
respectlvely,
4
over F80000
memory location.
ROUTINE
routlne lt works
of the
will-
PROMS before
in
routine
switched to
or when
stack
code.
the front
polnter
:
ls
a
diagnostlc aid
and
how
to use it
boot fail,
turn
here.
program
causes the hardware
RED.
3-Jan-83
The
your
of
resides in
drlvers for
the
PRoI"lS reside in
reside
processor
the
at
and lnitlal
The
start
After
Program execution
Do
An
oscilloscope is
dlfferences
SAGE
an
self-test
at
memory locatlon
vector
the initial
wlthin for troubleshootlng.
error
do
8K byte boot
000000.
is
start vector from
messages are
not
are explalned
Users' Manual.
memory at
RESET, the
polnts
Eests, the executlon
to
swltch the
continues
itself.
necessary
have
all of
of memory,
address
0. The
to
Thts
glven
to lsolate
the
diagnostlc
ln the
ROM.
processor
the address
ROMs back
out
It
processor
F80000 but
processor
ROM locatlons
the
of
sectlon
If the
the
but
release
contalns
and
starts
reads
of
Ehe
an
of
to thelr
new
ROM
on
0
DescriptLons initlalizatlon swltches
as described
of
the lnitial-ization
test
sequence
at the
can be
end
of
tests fo1low.
contlnuosly repeated
this
sectlon.
Note that
by
the
entire
setting
the
SAGE Ir SERVICE
POWER-UP
INITIAI,IZATION
I,IANUAL
ROIJTINE
.0
I
]
I
VII.Ol First all
CHECK
0000 This is long data lines are lndeed is ln
tr^/o lines are
If
level
CHECK
Another loop sequentially
CHECK THE
thir:d
A FFCO11.."FFC081).
select
INITIALIZATION
the T/O chips
THE DATA
then
error. Check
of the signal
THE
lines
SIGNALS:
FFFF are writcen to
enough to use an
shorted together o the signal may stlll
ADDRESS
toggles all the address lines
reading
Il
O CHIP SELECTS:
loop
sequentially reads all the
change. The test repeats
will be too low.
SIGNALS:
:
are initialized
FCOFFE repeatedly for
oscilloscope to
going
for
addresses
Use
high and low.
shorts
an oscilloscope to
to another llne or a bad
000000,
to an
FFCOFE and
for
"idle"
llne that does not
A
verify
about
condition.
verlfy
between TFFE
I/O
that
ms.
100
about
that
change but the
for
ports
100 msec.
all
buffer/driver.
and
0
100 msec.
(
FFC001
all the
the
of
change
1
chip
hy
,
sAcE
POWER-UP
INITIALIZATION
rI
SERVICE I.{ANUAL
ROUTINE
[1.0]
(cont)
SWITCH SETTINGS
Next, swltches
the terninal
on the rear
ARE READ:
baud rate is determined
panel.
SIf3 SIJ2 SI{l dwn dwn dwn dwn dwn up dwn up
dwn
dwn up up
up
dwn clwn
up dwn up
up up
up up
dwn
up reserved, wlll
sH4
dwn up
0n sEartup, the remoEe
bic,
The
and
even
floppy
is installed
parity.
drlve
(always
opElon switch is read to
double-density,
Ternlnal
1 9. 2K
baud rate
baud
9600
4800
2400
1200
600
300
Parlty control
parlty
even
parity
serlal
disabled
channel defaults
default to
enabled
determine
double-sided
reading
by
19.2K
to
baud.
data
8
which type of drive
fornnat).
GR0UP-A DIP
blts,
I
stop
SW7 FLOPPY up
dwn
The terminal
rr
Sage Iltt
thls
At on
message LED chtp.
Now
parE always dies unsuccessful. ROMS
At thts
point
is
bltnking
The
system must be
the
R0l"1s
of the slgn-on
themselves.
point,
CONFIGURATION
40
B0
track
track
(48
TPI)
(90
TPI) drlve
drlve
dlsplays:
:
the
terminal
is
"SAGE
II"
rapidly the
are
switched to thelr
message
before completing
Check the address llnes, switch
the display
rr
Sage II
is inltiallzed.
displayed. If
cpu cannot
reset
"Startup
should
Startup
get
to
normal
the
sign-on message,
read:
Testrf
test'r is dlsplayed. If the systen
first
The
no
message
access the terminal controller
it
out of
address
this
part
is
dlsplayed,
condltlon.
locatlon.
the switch
hardware and the boot
of the slgn-
The
has
and the
last
been
10
SAGE rr SERVTCE
POWER-UP ROUTINE
INITIALIZATION
MANUAL
(cont)
[1.0]
PROM CHECKSUM
Both
of the
"PROM
will halt
error are refers the
VI
A11
The
Each
I.
ODD
O
RAM
test
PR0Ms
long
2 RAI,I
have
ROMs
I
to insure
bad"
to
memory addresses
or
and
catastrophlc,
the
HEHORY
memory existing
NOTE:If respectively
"Bypassed debugger.
program
of
the first
word
TEST:
sirnple
"PROI"I
the
EVEN
checksums. The ROM test
that
2
CPU light
memory addresses
TEST
in
Switches
rnit"
This
crash.
128K of RAM is
(t+
bytes)
the BOOTSTRAP
bad" w111
will
ro further
(package
display tf
be RED. Because
Ul8).
:
the system is
and
516
then
is
this test will
will
option is
set to
display.
00000000
program
possible
information
(package
B
run in
U17)
tested
of
GROUP
be
used to inspect
the
and
calculates the
itself is
otherwlse
this error
can be
while
next.
A are
bypassed and
processor
The
following
read
given.
PROM 2 refers
back.
checksum
l,lessages
ok.
the
cpu
and
a CpU
PROM
to
set
OFFTOFF,ON
a
message
enters
memory after a
manner:
the
1
Each long
Then it When all conEalns
Then
Once the si-ze as
the flrst
This
a
If
bad
program
The reads be the second
memory
(worklng
after
word
is
set to its
128K
lts
the top
test
w111
"RAIyl
memory
BAD
the
location
expected
time. error.
down
the
memory
memory
(4
bytes)
is
done,
address.
word
of each
of the
was.
128K
take
a few
=
SIZE
stops
The
from
xxXXXX" will
location
G
at the first
to
value
processor
If the failed
400H),
error.
is
set
own address
each long
128K
addiEional
seconds.
was found
(addr)
print
if the
is
out the
RAM is intermlttent
will
the
to FFFI-FFFF
program
and
word
bank
(A
memory
is read
memory is
Then the
be displayed.
then an
digit
bad location
error
attempt
occurs
debugger
and read
goes
on to next
is
read to
to
determined, it
message
error ls
value) instead
it finds.
message,
to enter
in
fail
may
see
and
the
to
if
displayed:
the
the
debugger
back,
see
that
is
of
Because
error
reads
debugger
operate
long word.
if it
bank checked
(A
dtglt
value
correctly
stack
correctly
stil1
exists.
just
value)
it re-
after
area
may
the
a
11
sAcE POWER-UP DISK
rI
sERvrcE
ROUTINE
BOOTSTRAP
MANUAL
[1.0]
VII.O3 Next,
to
boot
DISK
the
to:
sn6
dwn dwn up up
If the
dt
Then each)
thls lnformatlon
rear
splay:
rrBootLng
the first
are
area
"Not
BOOTSTRAP
bootstrap
sw5
dwn up dwn up
panel
from
lK
read
should
ls
Boor
lnto
be the
not
dlsk"
swltches
BOOT
boot boot reserved, reserved,
swltches
Floppy"
of
the
memory
ASCII
there
:
are
DEVICE to to Floppy
are
BOOT
at
then
an error
read
DEBUGGER
drive defaults defaults
set
to boot
dlskette
locatlon
string
'B0OT'
message is
to
determlne
to to
from
(flrst
400
0. DEBUGGER DEBUGGER
floppy
a
sectors
2
hex.
=
The flrst
42 4F
4F
dlsplayed:
what
devlce/program
the
screen
of
5lZ byres
4 bytes
hex.
54
wlll
of
If thts
If a tlmeout
assumes
there
"Put
Typing
a
rrQrr
tfBoot
and
control
re-try
If
pronpt
lnterrupt
drlvers
the flles
drlve
to
the
aystem
1lne for
ln
lnterrupt
can be
could
boot from
systen.
occurs is
ln
B00T
wtll
aborted
w111
appears
the
monitor
drlven
verlfted
also
no
dlskette
dlsplay
go
to
the
the
A11
readlng
be
while
trying
disk and
on
drlve
the
DEBUGCER.
Floppy.
to
try
operating
I/O up
ROM.
I/O
routlnes
lf
another
the files
to
there
and
press
Ott
to
boot,
system,
to this
Once the
ln
working
access
the
outputs:
a k"y"
Typlng
but
any
dies before
the
polnt
was
system ls
SYSTEM.BIOS
SAGE
II
tncorrectly.
diskette,
other
probleur
done
read from
are
present.
ls
key
w111
dtsplaylng
may
uslng
used.
program
-he
cause
the
1le
ln
the
polled
the
the floppy,
The
system
The floppy
a
t2
SAGE Ir
SERVTCE
MANUAL
POWER-UP ROUTINE
DISK BOOTSTRAP
(cont)
[1.0]
Usually,
gl-ven:
be
ttDrlve
lf a
floppy
error
01 02
03
04 05 05 07 08 09 0A 0B
VI I. 04 SPECIAL
(code)
}iONITOR COI{UANDS
error occurs,
dlsk
on
drlve
(O
controller
lnvalld command recallbrate or seek
imeout
t
-
nlsslng
-
no
address mark
data
found
overrun
error
CRC end-of-cylinder unknown
address
out-of-range
or fallure
:
T'here are several monltor cornmands
trouble shootLng.
ERx and EFx These commands cause
drlve and
block
transfer whlle an
number.A
'X'
of data
4K
perlod
ls
displayed
to be
('.'
for
of these
one
where codes
l)tt
fallure
spectf
lcally
designed f or
transfered
ls
)
dlsplayed
each unsuccessful
error
fron/to
for
messages w111
are:
hardware
the
spectfled
each
successful
transfer.
A11 errors are
lgnored controller can be vlewed wlth By
startlng the
select
ERO
llne
bbbb
read
can be observed
by
on
the
an
a block
to toggle.
Block
continuously
ERI bbbb Block
contlnuously
BIIO
bbbb
Block
contlnuously
Remember
EIrl
bbbb Block bbbb
continuously Remember
system. Signals
oscllloscope
(hex)
ls a
on
lt
bbbb
that
to the Floppy
to deEermlne the
multlple of
Unit ll4
read.
bbbb
(hex)
on
Unlt ll5
read.
bbbb
(hex)
on Unit
written to wlth
to
use a scratch dlskette.
(hex)
on
Unit ll5
wrltten to wlth all
to use a scratch dlskette.
lt4
(left
(rtght
(left
(right
drlve
problem,
the
4,
side
floppy)
floppy)
floppy)
all zeros.
floppy)
zeros.
or
ls
ls
ls
ls
13
sAcE POWER-UP MAINTEI.IANCE
rI
SERVTCE
ROUTINE
TESTS
MANUAL
[1.0]
VII.O5
program
ROM controlled
sn8
sw7
up up up
up
I'lhen dlsplayed.
The
I^lhen
The cannot debugger cleared
the
Bypaesed
the
memory
be
UAINTENAITCE
verslons
by
the
GROup
sn6
srf5
srfA
dwn
dwn
dwn
dwn
dwn
up
dwn
up
dwn
dwn
up
up
system
For
"SAGE
frltAlrt
write
reset
can
saved
8o
these
so
that
ls
example:
II
Startup
looptt Inlt selectton button
be lnspected.
on reset.
locatlons
the
debugger
TBSTS
after
A
sY3
,.o
...
reset
Testst'
pressed
ls
:
3-Jan-83
swlrches
snz
snl
...
dwn
dwn
dwn
up
up
dwn
uP
up
a
message
overrldes
Regtster
stack
nay have
w111
have
at
...
the
memory from
not
addltlonal
the
back
UAINTET|ANCE
Bypassed Iooped test
MM wrlte
Iooped
f
or
the
debugger
contents
changed.
attenpt
of
the
00000 20000 ro 40000
60000
the
ro
to to
test
type
normal
ls
automatlcally
400H
The flag
to
use
dlagnostics
sAGE:
TEST:
lnit
(PROM)
loop
IFFFE 3FFFE 4FFFE TFFFE
(Reserved)
of test
startup
are
invalid
down
the
is
at
104H is
BIOS.
that
will
sequence.
entered.
as
.,,d
,*
by
are
be
they
the
also
The
Iooped over oscllloscope. duration
test swltches your
exercise
The
of
agaln.
falls
deslred
loop.
RA}i
rrLte
memory
of must
wrltlng
"'
test
each
the
if'"
selectlon
ThLs
If the
pass
Processor
be
changed
bootstrap
loop
0000
fur
repeats
ls
useful
tests
and
contlnuously
or
are
bllnks
ls
stopped
back
selectlon)
FFFF
as determlned
* ttnr
the
when
seccessful
(
Swttch
red
and
loops
watching
at
and
8
the
i: :ri
startup
the
the
end
the
to
dwn and
system
through
by swltch
tests
slgnal
LED iernal-ns green
of each p.*r.
is
LED
reset
a
selected
pROM
in
1lnes
set
swltches
get
to
of
3
GROUP B:
address)
*#'E-488
over
wlth
RED.
5 & 6
out
bank
and the
for
the
If any
Ttre
of the
(1ZAX)
to
T4
SAGE rI
CPU BOARD
SERVICE
MANUAL
TROUBLESHOOTING
[1.0]
VIII CPU ilOTE:
system. etc.
When
system slgns)
Most not any
the
manual.
l,lhen
experlenced
Ttrese
If the
before
power
the
sends
and
fleld problems
properly of
several
time
troubleshooting
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
BOAR,D
TROUBLESHOOTING
procedures
startlng
no
stops
seaEed
refer
factory
system
ls
output
with
different
to
boots
thls
turned
to
processor
the
are
due to
ln its
problems.
rhe
CHECKLIST
a
"deadtt
technicians
TROUBLESHOOTING
Faulty
Faulty Faulty A glvlng
wt1l"
Faulty Faulty Faulty eventually
CPUs are EPROI'1s RAl,l chlps
faulty
a
do lt
delay
chlps ln the
capacitors
are falrly
RAM
cannot keep
slgn-on
all
most every
llnes
degrade
problems.
are
intended
properly,
checkout.
on
or the reset
the
termlnal
the
socket.
system
:
HIf,TS :
very
rare.
are fairly
message.
do
occur.
Tl 0 section
may work
and
cause intermlttent
:
for
troubleshooting
run
CYCLER,
button
(except
set
LED
fallure
RED,
of a
Intermittent
If the
system
clean the
ls
perhaps
chip
operatlon
wtll
FOR intermittence
keep
ln
urind these
common.
common.
the
faulty
A
system
from
EPROM
tlme.
are
rare.
for
awhile
but
pressed,
a
couple
or a
chtp
may
operate
sectlon
hints
a
disk
a
be
most of
of
from
"dead'l
heads
ttdead"
of
G@
that is
due to
thls
our
These
U3 Rn2
u31 u2l
Even reset address, the flrst there
as
the
BOOT
parts
a
"dead"
pressed.
is
and
to
l-ook
cpu
routl-ne.
and
RNl
u63
u49
U5
system
control-
execute"
suspect.
has
no
RAM
u10 u62 U6 u73
interactlon
should
will
A
scope
1lnes.
Check
It
ls
not
u11
u46
u7
u74
have
very
slgnal
probe
start wlth
the
unllkely
with
effect
UT2 u40 U8
v2
can
T/O
this
15
the
RN5
u30
u39
v29
actlvity
be
the
PR0M slgnals
section
that
sectlon
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if the
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CPU BOARD
CHECKING
TROUBLESIIOOTING
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SIGNALS
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lJ32
U34,
during the refresh.
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data
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or
quickly
is
bus.
bus.
bus on the
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pin
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board
tro
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3
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processor
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delay line
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reset
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ground
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signal
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swttch in.
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voltage
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faulty,
ls
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ls
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wlthout
system to
the
or
start-up
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this
sign-on
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data
posslble
lines
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to the
with
parity
the data bus
decoder
chlps
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and
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back
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front
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the top
from
Ttre
6.
board, €lther
wlth
the
all but the
panel.
all fastenlngs
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back sufflciently
panel.
of the front
the
chassis.
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THB
CO}IPUTER
power
cord.
two
cables
connected to securlng
back
panel
Tllt
panel.
ln
or
procedures.
BOARD
bottom screws
the
the
circult board to
outward
that the
the front
out
edge
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of the
the
:
around
computer
so that the
the
vent
board.
clrcuit
LED on the front
of
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board foreward
chassLs,
must only
holes
the
chassls.
board
w111
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OPERATIOH:
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system
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program
expensive
guldellnes
technlcian
test
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measure
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customer
room
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that
TEST
servlce
truly
needs
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ln
adverse
temperature
problem
al-l
operatlng.
center
and
sensitlve
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for
only
of an
temperature
who
as
systems
:
wj.ll
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to somewhaL checking for
a heat
art
chips
cornplained
weather
of
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have
have
temperature
temperature time-consurnl-ng,
as
some hot
a
temperature
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variations.
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temperature problem.
gun
and
cans of
the technlcian
being applied
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service
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is probably
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test
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where
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determlne
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will
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2.
3.
4.
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varying
HEAT:
heat gun
to
Let the contractlon aLl­cause
cootr,: temperature
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cables
the
system
the
and
the
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evenly
cause
board
sections
down
A
the
permanentLy
the
board.
or
lid from
wl11
test.
over
temperature.
dlsconafort
occurs
to
can
sensLtlvity
nozzLe
and
bad
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(See
dlvtde
over the
cool
of the
a
single
of
danage
let
contraction
sockets
the
boot
the
if
down
within
board"
ttf
on
a
the
may
system.
fairly
set
writeup
the
board lnto
sectlon.
touched
between
the
chip
reezett
(or
ln
the
chip
the
chlp,
board
occurs
masquerade
conslstently,
the
on
but
lntervals
chips
problen
a
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socket
spray
cold
w111
usually
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warm
switches
the
POWER-UP
sectLons.
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chips should
not
enough
and
socket
occurs
or connector).
can
be
range.
make the
up
between
within
as a
the
temperature
boot
on the
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to
so that
connectlons.
try
used
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bursts
chlps
to
back
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heat
be
burn
expanslon
to narrow
to
use
system
over
bursts
and
problem.
CyCLER and
to reboot
whlle
)
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check
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so that
wlth
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socket
skin,
and
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If the CYCLER:
1..
2.
system
RAMS used, bad
RAt'{
Check
ls
are suspect
try
by swapplng
all
pinched. so1ld
3.
Inspect for
and
CHECKLIST
lntermittentr p€rforn
operating
cables
Posts for
not
wtggle
chlps Press down flrrnly conneetlon see
lf
socket.
any
wlth
are
Iook
socket.
h.
Are the Underrated
have to caps problems
rrcrked
cause
MUST
caPacltors
capacltore
for
problems.
be replaced
sooner
in
intermlttent
wlthout
one by
and
connectors.
cable
when
that
on
the
curled
f
or foreign
are not
all
socket.
under
the
rtght
(09
some
tlne Even lf
or later.
:
it.
one
wi th a
connectors touched.
seated
chlps
to
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the
matter
values?
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6v)
before the
the
wlth
10uf
thls
checkllst,
fallures.
problen
no
If
good
Ttre
cables
ln
the
completely lnto
Lnsure
that they
the
chtp
lnstead
Jaurmed
Check thelr voltage
across
the
caps flnally
voltages
25V caps as
If RAI,IDISK
occurs, lsolate
RAM.
should not
pc
boards
pins
of all
ln wlth
LzV
look
then
are
going
of
the
power
degraded
ok,
they
re-teet
ls
have
should
the
socket.
naklng
the
chlps to
lnto
pln
ratlng.
supplles
enough
ar..,.
of these
w111
wlth
belng
the
been
stand
good
the
of a
may
cause
5.
6.
Check for Check for
graylsh
fllled.
be are
also
run
the
CYCLER
temperature
lnproper
solder
areas
"Beads"
suspect.
test.
sensltlve
solder
on the
of solder
Touch
up the
chlps.
connectlons.
plns.
A11
lnstead
board
wlth
the
Use
TEMPEMTURE
Inspect
feed-through
of a
smooth
a
snall
the
board
holes
base
solder
test.
should
on a
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pin and
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TEST
test
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for
flndlng
CYCLER
tests
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RAM
MEMORY DISK DISK
STMPPING DRIVES
SERIAL
PORT PAMLLEL REAL
TIME
ATTACH
PROCESS SWITCHES
Ttrese descrlbed each
servlce EQUIPTTENT
tests
are
ln
test has
personnel
f,EEDED:
separate
been
:
of
and
drlves
PORT
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run
repeatedly
carefully
unless
overall
to
valldate
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optlonal
chapters
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port)
check)
test)
over
many
of
thls
determlned
to
do so
performance.
systems.
operatlng
properLy.
cycles.
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should not
by SAGE.
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The teet
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CYCLER
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belng both
dlskettes
prlnter (optlonal)
NOTES:
the
Software
run
or lf
an
track and
80
(set
of
2)
prlnt
to
Installation
the
system
a
40
track
test
notes
to
be tested drive.
results
tf
this is
for
record
the flrst
ls
a BRIDGE
keeplng.
tlme
systen
CyCLER
is
whlch has
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