3745 router does not accept any key input

[joel]

I have a 3745 router that boots, displays all the boot information while booting, but after it boots and says "Press Return to get started" it dos not accept any keyboard input.

I wanted to try to boot the router in ROMMON mode to see if the baud rate is mismatched, but I am not able to use "CTRL +Break" to go into rommon.

I have removed all cards from it and it only has CISCO3745-IO-2FE blade.

Help!!!

[joel]

The attachment has the log from the boot process.

[Giuseppe Larosa · Accepted solution]

Hello joel,

use

9600 baud rate

8 bit

1 bit stop

no parity

flow control xon/xoff

verify the cable on another cisco device

have the console before powering up the router

see also

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/routers/access/3700/3745/hardware/quick/guide/3745qsg.html

Hope to help

Giuseppe

[joel]

thanks for the reply...

tried the cable on another router and got the same result...

changed the console cable and it works fine now. Thanks...

I sure learnt it the hard way through...

joel