Re: Fatal error 0911 and GS self-test

[Paul Schultz <pschultz@med.wayne.edu>]

On Sat, 14 Dec 1996, Ben Lai wrote:

> 
> On a semi-related note:
> I tried to test my GS with the control-OA-option-reset self-test,
> but it does not seem to do anything - even when I press them
> during boot up.  It just bring me to a "]" prompt like I have just
> pressed control-reset.  Is this the usual way a GS tell you that
> it's okay?  I was kind of expecting a self-test similar to that of
> a //e (ie. with flashing coloured pixels for couple of seconds and
> then a SYSTEM OK message). 
> 

Ben,

Make sure you are holding down the Open-Apple, Option key, and
Control key while you press and release the reset key. Sometimes,
when I'm "sloppy" about this sequence I end up not activating
the self-test. If you doubt that this is what you need you might
want to try holding the Open-Apple and Option keys down while
you  boot the IIgs.

Of course, since you are getting the 911 error which indicates
a problem with the ADB controller, you may not be able to
activate the self-test since the keyboard input is controlled by
the ADB. This is just an idea though. I'm not an hardware expert.

Good luck,

Paul.   

pschultz@med.wayne.edu
Paul Schultz