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Booting Stops Part Way, Is this a hardware issue?

minshullj
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Hello,

Long time reader first time poster.  I have a purchased secondhand 3550 and it has failed to finish booting.  Initially I tried switching console cables, and then computers.  Later I did upload a different, yet similar, IOS via xmodem and it stops booting at the same spot.  I assume it's a hardware issue but would like to see if it's possible I am wrong.  This is where it stops booting at all times:

bootfail.jpg

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Leo Laohoo
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Could be a hardware failure or a corrupt IOS.

Post the boot up process.

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If i am not wrong u re getting message password recovery mechanism is enabled.  Please trying chaning your config-register value to 0x2102.

Jawad

Keep in mind I switched out the IOS.  This is where is stops loading regardless of IOS:

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File "flash:c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-25.SEC2/c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-25.SEC2.

bin" uncompressed and installed, entry point: 0x3000

executing...

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Rights clause at FAR sec. 52.227-19 and subparagraph

(c) (1) (ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer

Software clause at DFARS sec. 252.227-7013.

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Cisco IOS Software, C3550 Software (C3550-IPSERVICESK9-M), Version 12.2(25)SEC2,

RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

Copyright (c) 1986-2005 by Cisco Systems, Inc.

Compiled Wed 31-Aug-05 10:18 by antonino

Image text-base: 0x00003000, data-base: 0x00D45320

Initializing flashfs...

flashfs[1]: 354 files, 5 directories

flashfs[1]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories

flashfs[1]: Total bytes: 15998976

flashfs[1]: Bytes used: 15428096

flashfs[1]: Bytes available: 570880

flashfs[1]: flashfs fsck took 11 seconds.

flashfs[1]: Initialization complete.

...done Initializing flashfs.

POST: CPU Buffer Tests : Begin

POST: CPU Buffer Tests : End, Status Passed

POST: CPU Interface Tests : Begin

POST: CPU Interface Tests : End, Status Passed

POST: Switch Core Tests : Begin

POST: Switch Core Tests : End, Status Passed

POST: CPU Interface 2nd Stage Tests : Begin

POST: CPU Interface 2nd Stage Tests : End, Status Passed

POST: CAM Subsystem Tests : Begin

POST: CAM Subsystem Tests : End, Status Passed

POST: Ethernet Controller Tests : Begin

POST: Ethernet Controller Tests : End, Status Passed

POST: ILP Controller Tests : Begin

POST: ILP Controller Tests : End, Status Passed

POST: Loopback Tests : Begin

POST: Loopback Tests : End, Status Passed

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Cisco WS-C3550-24-PWR (PowerPC) processor (revision D0) with 65526K/8192K bytes

of memory.

Processor board ID CAT0736Y00U

Last reset from warm-reset

Running Layer2/3 Switching Image

Ethernet-controller 1 has 12 Fast Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interfaces

Ethernet-controller 2 has 12 Fast Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interfaces

Ethernet-controller 3 has 1 Gigabit Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface

Ethernet-controller 4 has 1 Gigabit Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface

24 FastEthernet interfaces

2 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces

The password-recovery mechanism is enabled.

384K bytes of flash-simulated NVRAM.

Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:0D:BC:55:74:00

Motherboard assembly number: 73-8100-07

Power supply part number: 341-0029-02

Motherboard serial number: CAT07350URV

Power supply serial number: DTH07341SWG

Model revision number: D0

Motherboard revision number: A0

Model number: WS-C3550-24PWR-EMI

System serial number: CAT0736Y00U

Loopback is a traffic-affecting operationÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿü

I think this is a problem with your USB-to-serial connection.  Try another client.

Initially this is what I thought.  I then used my PC which has a serial port and tried two different cables.

I manage to solve this problem by deleting the config file.  For those who are unfamiliar:

Hold down the physical mode button on the front of the device while powering it on and release once the recovery menu has loaded.

pswdrec_2900xl_1.gif

Issue the flash_init command.

switch: flash_init

Delete the config file usually called config.text.  Eg: delete flash:/config.text

reboot

Jason

Thanks for posting back to the forum and letting us know that you have found a solution.

Knowing that you solved the problem by deleting the config makes it easy to look at the last message displayed in the boot process and wonder if some command in the config was enabling some kind of loopback.

HTH

Rick

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HTH

Rick
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