Re: ES40 problems

Tom Linden wrote:

Just acquired a couple of ES40s and after a few
hiccups (stuck halt button, reseating boards) upgraded the firmware to
latest. Now on one when I INIT I get

*** Error - incompatible DIMM 3 on MMB 0 ***

*** Error - incompatible DIMM 4 on MMB 0 ***

*** Error - incompatible DIMM 3 on MMB 1 ***

*** Error - incompatible DIMM 4 on MMB 1 ***

yet
P00>>>sho mem
Array Size Base Address Intlv Mode
--------- ---------- ---------------- ----------
0 2048Mb 0000000000000000 1-Way

So it appears that the problem is Interleave is not 4-way

Any thoughts?

Second problem, on both systems there is a DE500 PCI installed
and it appears that the onboard ethernet is not recognized. Should
I just assume that it has failed?

(These, BTW, ran Tru64 and were part of a 150 server farm all of
which were all replaced with Linux when HP dropped Tru64. They
said there was no compelling reason to go to HP-UX.)

Tom

My memory is DIMM (sorry, I couldn't resist) but ISTR that there were four memory boards in those boxes and you had to put matching DIMMs in corresponding sockets on each board; e.g. you put a 256MB DIMM in socket 0 on each board and you had 1024MB. Add a second 256MB DIMM in socket 1 of each board and you had 2048MB. It's been about six years since I installed memory in one of those beasts! Be very sure that you install the same make and model DIMMs in each set of socket.

I had two ethernet ports on both of my ES40s. One pair connected the two back to back with a crossover cable. The other pair were connected to a Cisco switch in the normal fashion. Never had a problem with either set. What do you see if you remove the two DE500s?

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