Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 09:44:05 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org, msmith@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AARGH!! "dead" Alpha 164SX (Was: Re: OK, any pointers on how to use SRM? :-)) Message-ID: <199906251644.JAA03228@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 25 Jun 1999 22:34:28 %2B0800." <19990625143428.6214475@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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> > Well, the problem has been found.. Mike Smith gave me a new graphoil pad > to use since the heatsink was taken off for transit.. But the new one was > bigger than required and the thought never occurred that it might have been > rather conductive and that it was going to short out those 12 capacitors on > the top of the CPU surface, which, BTW, were between 3.3V and ground. "Aargh shit". I never even thought to check that. > It all makes sense now. "Aargh Shit!" certainly seems appropriate. > Anyway, after some careful trimming of the pad, I've now got it running to > the point of SRM startup... (And there was I thinking I'd found a hairline > crack in one of the mounts for a component from transit damage in my > luggage..) Whee, happiness! -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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