cisco 2950, damaged by lightning, fixable?

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Karandras

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Hey. I have a switch here that had the tower that was next to the building struck by lightning then traveled through the wires into the building and through the cat5 cabling. So right now I have this:

Initializing flashfs...
flashfs[1]: 407 files, 5 directories
flashfs[1]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories
flashfs[1]: Total bytes: 7741440
flashfs[1]: Bytes used: 4880384
flashfs[1]: Bytes available: 2861056
flashfs[1]: flashfs fsck took 7 seconds.
flashfs[1]: Initialization complete.
Done initializing flashfs.
POST: System Board Test : Passed
POST: Ethernet Controller Test : Passed
ASIC Initialization Passed
%Error: initializing transceiver port Fa0/1
%Error: initializing transceiver port Fa0/2
%Error: initializing transceiver port Fa0/3
%Error: initializing transceiver port Fa0/8
cisco WS-C2950-24 (RC32300) processor (revision N0) with 21004K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FOC0815S168
Last reset from system-reset
Running Standard Image
20 FastEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)

32K bytes of flash-simulated non-volatile configuration memory.
Base ethernet MAC Address: XXXXX
Motherboard assembly number: 73-5781-12
Power supply part number: 34-0965-01
Motherboard serial number: XXXXX
Power supply serial number: PHI0807041D
Model revision number: N0
Motherboard revision number: B0
Model number: WS-C2950-24
System serial number: XXXXX


Press RETURN to get started!


00:00:14: POST set PHY loopback failed.
00:00:14: POST set PHY loopback failed.
00:00:14: POST set PHY loopback failed.
00:00:14: POST set PHY loopback failed.
00:00:14: POST: Loop back Test Failed on FastEthernet0/1. State:Disabled
00:00:14: POST: Loop back Test Failed on FastEthernet0/2. State:Disabled
00:00:14: POST: Loop back Test Failed on FastEthernet0/3. State:Disabled
00:00:14: POST: Loop back Test Failed on FastEthernet0/8. State:Disabled
00:00:15: %SPANTREE-5-EXTENDED_SYSID: Extended SysId enabled for type vlan
00:00:17: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from memory by console
00:00:17: %SYS-5-RESTART: System restarted --
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) C2950 Software (C2950-I6Q4L2-M), Version 12.1(22)EA8, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1986-2006 by cisco Systems, Inc.


So with that it shows me 4 ports on the switch that are always orange. If I plug anything it, it's orange and never goes green ( I plugged in another 2950 w/ a crossover and the working 2950 has a green link but the broken 2950 has a orange link that flashes a little bit) on some ports the orange is a dark orange and others it's a light orange.
I can ping the switch and the devices that plug into the switch can access the network (as long as I'm not using one of the 4 broken ports. I'm not sure why these ports are all orange, also is there a way to fix the broken ports without sending it to Cisco or are those ports unfixable.
Thanks
 
Alright, well I've been testing some more and here is an update:

Ports:
1 - Broken
2 - Broken
3 - Broken
4 - Orange w/ traffic
5 - Orange w/ traffic
6 - Orange w/ traffic
7 - Nothing
8 - Broken
9 - Orange w/ traffic
10 - Nothing
11 - Orange W/O traffic
12 - Orange w/ traffic
13 - Orange w/ traffic
14 - Orange w/ traffic
15 - Orange w/ traffic
16 - Orange w/ traffic
17 - Orange w/ traffic
18 - Orange w/ traffic
19 - Nothing
20 - Orange w/ traffic
21 - Nothing
22 - Orange w/ traffic
23 - Orange w/ traffic
24 - Orange w/ traffic
 
i'm not much of an electronics expert, but i've never seen anything come back from getting hit by lightning.

Probably more trouble/time that it's worth to fix it.
 
Anything that's damaged, and suspect to be from a power surge and/or lightening...I either seek to get replaced under warranty, or...replace with new one..and toss in the trash.

Even if it somewhat works now....from my experience, things will get flakey down the road. It's more likely to have troubles.
 
Karandras69 said:
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00:00:14: POST: Loop back Test Failed on FastEthernet0/1. State:Disabled
00:00:14: POST: Loop back Test Failed on FastEthernet0/2. State:Disabled
00:00:14: POST: Loop back Test Failed on FastEthernet0/3. State:Disabled
00:00:14: POST: Loop back Test Failed on FastEthernet0/8. State:Disabled
.......
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I see the problem... there are smiley faces in your switch!
 
JayAre said:
file a claim with your insurance company
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2nd that.

I have one customer that has had 3-4 Cisco 3550's get hit by lightning and look exactly like that. Nothing you can do, either have smartnet on them and get them replaced, or file an insurance claim.
 
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