CISCO 2980G would not let me enter the password

[Panther007]

When I boot the router, it goes through the post but at the end instead of placing the cursor at the end of the word PASSWORD, it moves to the next line and flashed a horizontal cursor and i cannot type anything there...
what is wrong???

Here is everything from the switch at the boot up!

MakoCr PROM Cache Kernel initializing...
PROM CK built 2000.10.25 15:27:34 by integ
In MDInitialize()
V++ CacheKernel version 0.1.3-experimental booting
Calling InstallExceptionHandlers
Calling TimerInit
Calling InitTlb
Calling InitMemoryInfo
setting up PCI
p->interruptsEnabled(1)
UART interrupt test passed.
Timer interrupt test passed.
Total System Memory: 64 MB

V++ CacheKernel 0.1.3-experimental Monitor
CacheKernel% boot
Segment 0: 0x0009c77c bytes loading to ck vaddr 0x80c00000 (user vaddr 0x1000000
0)
ExecK: new thread is 0x808c8a88
ExecK: installing new thread 0x808c8a88 into processor 0x80897f80
CacheKernel: scheduler error, active thread is not most runnable.
0:01.164054: Internal Notice: Monlib mapped at 0x1f000000
0:01.164935: Internal Notice: Working memory mapped at 0x1f100000
0:01.165598: Internal Notice: Tmpfs mapped at 0x1f600000
0:01.166565: Internal Notice: Archive memory mapped at 0x30000000 (PA = 0x3000),
size = 0xc00000
0:01.167587: Internal Notice: Second archive memory mapped at 0x38000000 (PA = 0
x3c00), size = 0x400000
0:01.173625: Internal Notice: WS-X4012 bootrom version 6.1(1) built on 2000.10.2
5 15:21:46
0:01.369732: Internal Notice: Booting WS-C2980G-A.
0:01.374190: Please set IPAddr variable
0:01.374686: Please set Netmask variable
0:01.375119: Please set Broadcast variable
0:01.375896: Please set TftpServer variable to do tftp downloads
0:01.376585: Network is not configured
0:01.398207: Am79c97x: part id 0x2625000
WS-C2980G-A bootrom version 6.1(1), built on 2000.10.25 15:21:46
H/W Revisions: Fin: 2 Dorsal: 3 Board: 1
Supervisor MAC addresses: 00:30:85:a1:71:00 through 00:30:85:a1:74:ff (1024 addr
esses)
Installed memory: 64 MB
Testing LEDs.... done!
The system will autoboot in 5 seconds.
Type control-C to prevent autobooting.
rommon 1 >
The system will now begin autobooting.
Autobooting image: "bootflash:cat4000.6-1-1.bin"
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC##############################
Starting Off-line Diagnostics
Mapping in TempFs
Board type is WS-X2980
DiagBootMode value is "post"
Telling ApkPageMan that we have 12288 pages of memory
Loading diagnostics...

Power-on-self-test for Module 1: WS-X2980
Status: (. = Pass, F = Fail)
processor: . cpu sdram: . rtc: .
eprom: . nvram: . flash: .
temperature sensor: . enet console port: . switch registers: .
switch sram: .
Module 1 Passed

Power-on-self-test for Module 2: WS-C2980G-A
Port status: (. = Pass, F = Fail)
1: . 2: . 3: . 4: . 5: . 6: . 7: . 8: .
9: . 10: . 11: . 12: . 13: . 14: . 15: . 16: .
17: . 18: . 19: . 20: . 21: . 22: . 23: . 24: .
25: . 26: . 27: . 28: . 29: . 30: . 31: . 32: .
33: . 34: . 35: . 36: . 37: . 38: . 39: . 40: .
41: . 42: . 43: . 44: . 45: . 46: . 47: . 48: .
Module 2 Passed

Power-on-self-test for Module 3: WS-C2980G-A
Port status: (. = Pass, F = Fail)
1: . 2: . 3: . 4: . 5: . 6: . 7: . 8: .
9: . 10: . 11: . 12: . 13: . 14: . 15: . 16: .
17: . 18: . 19: . 20: . 21: . 22: . 23: . 24: .
25: . 26: . 27: . 28: . 29: . 30: . 31: . 32: .
33: . 34: .
Module 3 Passed

Exiting Off-line Diagnostics

Cisco Systems, Inc. Console

Enter password:
_ <---------------------------- the cursor is here like this and i cannot type anything there..

thanks

 

[pmkincaid]

Have you tried running through a password recovery scenario to restore the password? Does the switch actually pass packets after it is booted, or does it appear to lock up ( just a thought if it was bad hardware....)

I'd try restoring it to the factory defaults and see if you can access it without a password or with a new config.

Hope this helps,
Paul

 

[Panther007]

thanks.
it was just hyperterminal acting up all of a sudden....started using another prog.