Re: Dead Ultras.....

From: Glenn (eponymousalias_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/24/05

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    Steve wrote:
    > Ultra 30, allegedly 512mb, can't make it's mind up whether it's in fact
    > 256mb or 384mb. POST tells me DIMM failure in different slots
    > everytime, include ones with no modules in! With the occasional Ecache
    > failure too. Booting hangs at booting the disk. Well it did, now it
    > seems to be looping full POST and diags.....
    >
    > Ultra 60, passes POST, hangs after memory initialisation with a solid
    > cursor. I managed to somehow get Netbsd on it but now it's back to the
    > block cursor. The oddity here is POST (or diags) lists scsi device 3 as:
    >
    > scsi disk tape scsi disk tape
    >
    > Instead of:
    >
    > scsi disk tape
    >
    > Bad term?

    With variable failures like that, the first thing to check is the
    level and stability of the power supply output voltages.


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