Ref: 10860015
Title: One cause for 3Station's "Unexpected s/w interrupt" message
Date: 7/28/88

Copyright 3Com Corporation, 1991.  All rights reserved.

It is possible on the 3Station to get an "Unexpected s/w
interrupt at..." as a result of a power glitch.  What happens is
that, due to the design, it is possible that a glitch could cause
the CMOS to interpret a s/w interrupt erroneously.  But it is
easily remedied.  To clear the CMOS you get into the
administrative menu (ctrl-shift-alt-del) and with that on the
screen you hit ctrl-alt-d and then hit return.  If that was the
problem it will then boot fine. This is NOT a rampant problem but
the test is so simple that I think it's worth knowing.  There ARE
more prevalent reasons for the s/w interrupt (DOS versions,
etc.).
