problem with cisco 2501 router

hello all..just bought one of these 2501 router and its not loading up at all....1. here is what comes up and it just freezes up on it. what im trying to do is going thru the console and set it up but its not working....also when i try to go into 2. rommode it does this and freezes.....

1.
when i regular boot
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System Bootstrap, Version 4.14(9.1), SOFTWARE
Copyright (c) 1986-1994 by cisco Systems
2500 processor with 16384 Kbytes of main memory

Unknown or ambiguous service arg - udp-small-servers
Illegal IP keyword - classless
Loading c2500-j-l.112-26.bin at 0x3000040, size = 8014976 bytes [OK]

F3: 7917900+97044+315132 at 0x3000060

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cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, California 95134-1706



Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) 2500 Software (C2500-J-L), Version 11.2(26), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1986-2001 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Mon 02-Apr-01 19:31 by leccese
Image text-base: 0x0303F40C, data-base: 0x00

cisco 2500 (68030) processor (revision A) with 16384K/2048K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID 01524880, with hardware revision 00000000
Bridging software.
SuperLAT software copyright 1990 by Meridian Technology Corp).
X.25 software, Version 2.0, NET2, BFE and GOSIP compliant.
TN3270 Emulation software.
1 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
2 Serial network interface(s)
32K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
8192K bytes of processor board System flash (Read ONLY)



Press RETURN to get started!


%LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Ethernet0, changed state to up
%LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Serial0, changed state to down
%LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Serial1, changed state to down
%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet0, changed state to down

%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Serial0, changed state to down
%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Serial1, changed state to down
%SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from memory by console
%SYS-5-RESTART: System restarted --
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) 2500 Software (C2500-J-L), Version 11.2(26), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1986-2001 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Mon 02-Apr-01 19:31 by leccese
%LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Ethernet0, changed state to administratively down
%LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Serial0, changed state to administratively down
%LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Serial1, changed state to administratively down
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2.
Abort at 0x10A3170 (PC)

thanks for the help....

Is there an error message before it freezes? Having said that, this is likely a hardware issue if it can't even behave in ROMMON mode, you're basically done with that router. It'd be easiest to buy a new 2501 router.

Hey now, all is not yet lost! I Googled this, though I can't say I've ever heard of it before:

www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/...186a00800949b5.shtml

From the article:

The appearance of the "abort" or "trace trap" messages indicate that the configuration register is probably set to a value that enables the break key in normal operation. The bit number 08 (in hexadecimal: 0x0100), if set, disables the break key (that is, the factory default value). If it is reset to 0 (either explicitly as in 0x2002, or implicitly, as in 0x2, which is equivalent to 0x0002), the break key is enabled. When the break key is enabled, a break sequence causes the router to go into ROMmon mode, even after it has booted up and is in normal operation. Even if no break signal was intentionally sent through the console, some terminals that misbehave or reload may accidentally send the router a signal similar to the break sequence.

Seems like tweaking the config register as it describes might help. No guarantees, but it couldn't hurt to try.

Interesting link, but that doesn't seem to match the problem description. If the router is freezing in both IOS and rommon, then it's not going to be config-register related. The 0x0002 config-register would just reboot the router into rommon under certain circumstances.

yeah...it just freezes it doesnt let me do anyting...when i wait for it to load it just hangs at the end of what i posted up earier....and when i go into rommode it just stays there no matter what i press....dang it...welll thanks you guys....ill keep looking...but thanks alot!!!!!

Well, perhaps it's your terminal emulator program or serial port (or USB to serial adapter if you are using a laptop)? If you have another Cisco router, try to console into to see if you get the same results. Good thing is that the 2501 routers are very affordable, looking on ebay, I have seen some for as little as $40, depending on memory of course. Good luck.