260005003 — ICE CPU fails to respond to OC polling within 180 seconds
GE Healthcare CT error code, reported by the GE LightSpeed CT platform.
What 260005003 means
On LightSpeed QX/i and LightSpeed Plus and LightSpeed Ultra and HiSpeed QX/i CT systems, status code 260005003 indicates: ICE CPU fails to respond to OC polling within 180 seconds. The code originates in the ICE Chassis section of the GE LightSpeed CT platform. Severity level error (Error condition).
Reported action: Before suspecting ICE hardware, check the OC's /.etc/uucp/Systems file — the source traces this exact failure to a corrupted or incomplete Systems file missing the required ice/rhard/pig serial-line entries, which blocks the OC from ever reaching the ICE over the console 'cu' line. Restore the correct entries, fix file ownership/permissions, and reboot..
Reported when the Online Computer (OC) cannot 'cu' (serial-connect) to the ICE chassis, so the ICE fails to boot: the ICE CPU does not respond to OC polling within 180 seconds and a HOST_SHUTDOWN follows from the death of procICE, on LightSpeed 2.x/3.x QX/i, Plus, Ultra and HiSpeed QX/i systems.
Full troubleshooting for 260005003
The complete diagnosis, cause tree, and step-by-step remedy for the ICE Chassis subsystem are documented in the FSELIB GE Healthcare service manual — re-authored, web-first, with real figures.
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Source: GE Offline Knowledge (kOffline). Reference information re-authored by FSELIB — not a copy of the OEM manual.