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Hi,

I recently was given an old 2501 router. I hooked up a console cable and
powered it up, and it seemed to go through it's sequence, indicating memory,
IOS version etc, showed a couple of error messages (e.g. CDP not enabled,
etc.) and then the "hit return to continue". However, at this point it's
simply frozen. I tried repowering several times and basically got the same
result. Also tried sending a cntl-break during power up, and it did dump me
into a ">" prompt, but then freezes.

Is this one simply destined for the scrap heap, or is there something else I
can try?

thanks,
john

Hi John,

You may wish to investigate "Boot Issue Solutions" at the Cisco Router
TAC Case Collection / Knowledge Base:

http://129.41.16.73/core/home

Sincerely,

Brad Reese
BradReese.Com Cisco Repair Service Experts
http://www.bradreese.com/index.htm#EXPERTS
1293 Hendersonville Road, Suite 17
Asheville, North Carolina USA 28803
USA/Canada Toll Free: 877-549-2680
International: 828-277-7272
United Kingdom: 44-20-70784294

Hi John,

You may wish to investigate "Boot Issue Solutions" at the Cisco Router
TAC Case Collection / Knowledge Base:

http://129.41.16.73/core/home

Sincerely,

Brad Reese
BradReese.Com Cisco Repair Service Experts
http://www.bradreese.com/index.htm#EXPERTS
1293 Hendersonville Road, Suite 17
Asheville, North Carolina USA 28803
USA/Canada Toll Free: 877-549-2680
International: 828-277-7272
United Kingdom: 44-20-70784294

Hi John,

You may find "Boot Issues" of the Cisco Router TAC Case Collection /
Knowledge Base helpful:

http://129.41.16.73/core/home

Sincerely,

Brad Reese
BradReese.Com Cisco Repair Service Experts
http://www.bradreese.com/index.htm#EXPERTS
1293 Hendersonville Road, Suite 17
Asheville, North Carolina USA 28803
USA/Canada Toll Free: 877-549-2680
International: 828-277-7272
United Kingdom: 44-20-70784294