Re: Weirdness with AlphaPC 164: installing SRM firmware, etc.

[tibor lib uaa alaska edu]

On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Joel Votaw wrote:

> 
> I recently purchased an old AlphaPC 164 motherboard and processor, and am
> having a hard time getting it running.  Specifically, I am trying to
> replace the AlphaBIOS with SRM and just can't get it to work.  I'm also
> having some funkiness with the built-in IDE and floppy controllers.

Replacing the battery on my PC164 fixed most of my problems.  It allowed
me to get Red Hat 6.0 installed, however when I did a "du -sm ." in a
directory that was about 60MB in size, I almost immediately got continuous
CIA Machine Check 630 errors flying across the screen.  Doing an fsck on
reboot the machine just hung, and I'm not quite sure where to go from
here--the memory (four 16x36 60ns simms, total of 256MB) tested out fine
in a simm tester, and a different power supply didn't solve it.

I just recently read a message someone posted here with a similar system
from an Ebay auction where a friend of his who apparently was an ex-DEC
hardware tech. found a loose solder connection on his motherboard and
fixed it for him.  If that person is still here on the list, could you
perhaps post any more details?

Mike
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