Re: pws 500au problems

From: Tom Linden (tom_at_kednos.com)
Date: 09/07/05 

Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 13:01:49 -0700

On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 22:03:16 +0200, Peter Huybrechts <m713007@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
> I bought a pws 500au but this machine gives some problems.
> The Powerup Codes of the leds give code E4 (Memory address line error).
> The
> system boots into FreeBSD and seems to work ok. Problem is I can't get it
> into SRM mode.... Pressing Ctrl-C at boot time, nor disconnecting boot
> drive
> works.
> Somebody any Idea what's wrong ? (maybe something wrong in the flash rom
> ??)
>
> Thanks,
> Peter
>
>
You need to get to the Alphabios and set the OS selection. This will happen
if the battery is dead. I think hitting F6 after powering up will get you
there

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