[iyonix-support] Re: 5.11 Booting problem

In article <16aa7a4f4f.david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
   David W Mills <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Old Iyonix, RO5.11, Castle supplied 2 machine KVM and Xerox screen

> Since installing the KVM and screen I have noticed the following:

> First thing in the a.m. I come down...switch on the Iyonix and press the
> blue egg The machine comes to life.

> I come back a bit later and switch on the monitor and wiggle the mouse.
> Nothing appears on the screen (yes the KVM is switched to the IYonix). I
> the ne norice that the green power LES and the Harddrive LED are both
> on. Pressing the reset button usually gets the maachine to spring to
> life and everything is okay (unless there is afreeze but that's a
> different matter).

> Question 1...Does the Iyinix need todetect a monitor before completing
> the Boot sequence?


I don't think so, but you can check this yourself by switching the monitor
on at the same time.
 
> or

> Question 2,,,Is this behaviour possibly a factor of the KVM.


It might be.  I have noticed a few reports of the Iyonix being stiffed
while work is going on on another computer.  The symptoms are that the
Iyonix is unresponsive when you return to it.  

When this happens to my setup Iyo + windows PC with Belkin 2 port USB KVM
I find both the LEDs on the keyboard and the optical mouse are dead and
the !alarm clock is stopped.  This is an unpredictable and intermittent
fault so difficult to pin down.  I have not seen the HD LED illuminated. 
The only recovery is to press the reset button.

Richard Darby.

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