Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 03:50:28 -0500 (CDT) From: Josh Tolbert <hemi@scoundrelz.net> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Machine Check when booting dqa0? Message-ID: <20021018035005.S42646-100000@view.scoundrelz.net> In-Reply-To: <20021018034632.E42572-100000@view.scoundrelz.net>
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Oh, yeah...Something else. It's actuall dva0 that I use to try to boot from the hard drive. Does that sound fishy? Thanks, Josh On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Josh Tolbert wrote: > Hi Andrew, > I tried booting from IDE immediately after the power-on, but got > the same result every time I tried. > The exact machine error is a "660 Machine Check," which from my > searching indicates a memory error. Can anyone verify this, and if so is > there any way to determine if the problem is board-related or > memory-related without swapping the RAM around? I don't have too many EDO > ECC SIMMs laying around. > Also, is there any place (besides ebay) to find something like a > UP1000 Alpha motherboard for a reasonable price? > > Thanks, > Josh > > On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > > > > Have you tried power-cycling the box before attempting to boot? > > > > On some machines (my up1000 for example), IDE works great the first > > time after a cold boot, and then fails upon reboot. (I just get the > > timeout messages, not a machine check). FWIW, I think we're not > > putting something back the way SRM likes it. > > > > Drew > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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