2500 Status Light Display

[Larry Thorne]

We have an old SGI 2500 that has been sick for several months (runs fine
for days, then corrupts its filesystems and/or crashs), but now has
died & won't boot.  The halt light is on and the status display is "7".
Pressing the reset button causes the status to go to "0" momentarily and
then immediately back to "7" - nothing is displayed on the console and
the halt light remains on.

Does anyone know what the problem is, or the meaning of the status display
numbers?  I can find nothing in the manuals about this display.  Any help
or suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

Larry Thorne, Sys. Mgr.
Research Center for Advanced Scientific Computing
Mississippi State University
Drawer A
Mississippi State, MS 39762
601/325-3623
email:  larryt at ae.msstate.edu