RETAIN H062314 SYSTEM 36 / 38 (5250) EMULATION ADAPTER PROBLEMS
From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 11 20:40:22 2021
SYMPTOM:
THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS MAY BE EXPERIENCED WITH THE MICRO-
CHANNEL 5250 EMULATION ADAPTER.
A. SYSTEM HANGS WITH A BLANK SCREEN AT POST (POWER-ON SELF TEST)
B. HOST NETWORK MAY HANG OR FAIL WHEN THE PS/2 (WITH THE
AFFECTED ADAPTER) IS POWERED-ON. WORKSTATIONS RETURN TO
SIGN-ON SCREEN AFTER LOSS OF COMMUNICATION.
C. RUNNING AUTO-CONFIGURATION OR SET CONFIGURATION RESULTS IN
PARITY ERROR.
D. AN ERROR OF " 111 - ????? " during POST
E. FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL AUTO CONFIGURATION, THE SYSTEM HANGS
WITH MEANINGLESS PATTERNS, SUCH AS VERTICAL BARS, ON
THE SCREEN.
PROBLEM ISOLATION AIDS:
PRIOR TO REPLACING ANY HARDWARE ENSURE THE LATEST LEVEL
CORRECTIVE SERVICE DISKETTE (WSE010003 OR LATER) FOR SYSTEM
36/38 WORKSTATION EMULATION IS INSTALLED. THIS DISKETTE IS
NOT NECESSARY IF RUNNING AS/400 PC SUPPORT.
EARLY LEVEL SYSTEM 36 / 38 EMULATION ADAPTERS MAY BE IDENTIFIED
BY FRU P/N69X6282, FRU P/N69X6283 OR FRU P/N69X6292 ON THE
ADAPTER. IF ONE OF THESE ADAPTERS IS FAILING IN A 95XX SYSTEM
REPLACE THE ADAPTER WITH FRU P/N69X6294.
FIX:
AN UP-LEVEL SYSTEM 36/38 WORKSTATION EMULATION ADAPTER
(FRU P/N69X6294) WITH OPTION DISKETTE IS AVAILABLE FROM
MECHANICSBURG PARTS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.