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Re: Hosed DSP264 system

Subject: Re: Hosed DSP264 system
From: Rich Payne (rdp@talisman.alphalinux.org)
Date: Thu Nov 2 11:05:49 2000


> > Have you
> > left it until it's finished, ( which could take a while).
>
> Yes, I think so. At some point the keyboard does not accept keystrokes.
>
> > Or captured some
> > via a serial console. The only reason I ask is that sometimes there's some
> > useful info in there. (I have an old DP that will scroll PChip errors for
> > about 1-2 minutes on powerup, then stop at the SRM prompt.
>
> This is the key point; I never get the SRM prompt. The CPU module
> error messages seem only to occur on a cold boot, and disappear with a
> recycle. The memory errors seem hard.
>
> On a related point, there is a reference in the AlphaServer
> DS20E/AlphaStation DS20E Reference Guide (Order Numer: ER-K8F6W-UA.
> D01), which I pulled off the web somewhere, to the "DS20E Service
> Guide", which I could not find on the web. Is there any chance that
> this could be made available somewhere?

I think there are some subtle differences between the DP264 and the DS20E,
the DP264 is the same as a standard DS20.
 
> Also, several documents/web pages pointed me to
> http://www.digital.com/alphaoem, which seems no longer to exist, and
> which also seemed to have lots of good technical info. Is this
> information somewhere else on the web now?

The DP264 user manual and tech reference manual is available on API
website:
http://www.api-networks.com/products/downloads/customer_support/DP/

--rdp

-- 
Rich Payne
rpayne@alphalinux.org			www.alphalinux.org

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