Dead Alpha/Corrupted SRM (QSNVR)?

[Mark Conway Wirt <mark intrepid net>]

I had to reboot my multia today, and when it booted back up, it gave
me the following messages (edited for brevity)

     Multia SRM Console BL5 V3.8-3, built.....
     Testing Memory.....
     Wrong QSNVR version - Expected: V1.0, Received: V4294967295.4294967295
     Initializing QSNVR...
     unexpected exception/interrupt though vector 420
     process powerup, pcb = 00036920

         pc: 00000......

Is this a corrupted flash/SRM?  A hardware problem?  Just what the heck
is QSNVR?  Some kind of non-volatile RAM, I'm sure.

Needless to say, it's a pretty dead box right now.  Any enlightenment would
be appreciated.

Thanks!

--Mark