[Cube] firmware problem

[Marco Demaria]

Thank you Luis Meleiro, George Paterson, Bruce Carr for yours answers.
Luis:
like Bruce, I bought my cube second hand and I didn't get a Hardware 
Diagnostic CD. So I join with all people who ask for this software.. 
but I found following Apple document 
(http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=50139) "Apple Hardware 
Test for Power Mac G4 Cube version 1.1 is distributed only with the G4 
Cube, January, 2001".

George:
my problem isn't that "the programmers button and the reset switch are 
not functioning" because reset is ok and programmer button look like ok 
indeed when I press it at startup, the power lamp flashing correctly 
how is write in firmware upgrade instruction.. but no firmware update 
progress bar appear on monitor.. so.. I tried held down 
command-option-p-r at startup for 2,3,4,5 cycles (zapping p-ram, I 
thing) but nothing is happened (not even the clock gone to zero). Only 
pressing down the "cuda" button I can reset clock. When I hold down 
command-option-o-f I can enter in open firmware prompt but then I don't 
know what to do!
On my cube I can run osX 10.3 panther without problems, but curiously I 
can't change startup disk from System Preferences (only at startup 
holding down option button, I can choose startup disk), and the boot 
noise "gong" don't depend on volume regulation.
Conclusion, my cube have a brain very hard :)

Any advice?
Thanks from a newbe cubist.

p.s.

I found 2 kind of firmware upgrade: 1° T-G4 Cube FWUpdate 4.1.9 and 2° 
G4 Cube FWUpdate 4.1.9. I think only difference is language: 1°Italian, 
2°English.

p.s.s.

Is possible to do hardware upgrade if firmware isn't upgraded? Somebody 
know if upgrading the cube with devices of Giga Designs, Sonnet or 
others resolve this kind of troubles?

Marco.



> Message: 11
> Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 19:09:41 +0100
> From: "Luis Meleiro" <luis_meleiro at cilsp.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cube] firmware problem
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> Marco,
>
> I would suggest you to run the 'Hardware Diagnostic' CD that came with 
> the Cube to determine if the problem is hardware related.
>
> Good luck,
> LM
>
>>>> marco.demaria_at at libero.it - 31/01/2005 11:56 AM >>>
> My cube is 450 mhz, ram 256 for G4, I try to update firmware from 3.2
> (version boot ROM: $0003.32f1) to 4.1.9 but.. when it boot up lamp
> flash (ok) but appear no index bar and a window on desktop on os9.2.2
> tell that the firmware isn't update. I tried to repeat the procedure
> for many many times but nothing..
> any suggestion? Thanks
>
> Marco.
>
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