[geeks] Comatose Alphaserver 1000

[Eric Dittman]

> Doh; I really should have relized that I needed to change the subject
> *before* I send the message, not 1 minute afterwards. Would this be
> better off on [Rescue] anyway? 

This would actually be better off on rescue, but I'll try
to answer anyway with a quick suggestion:

The battery (not integrated like the NVRAM in the Suns) could
be bad.  Open up the system and look for the battery.  It should
be user-replaceable.  Go get a new battery, install it, and
remove the ISA card.  Try to turn on the system at that
point.

If that doesn't work, email again on rescue.
> ===========[b l i x]============
> "Rub the bee. Rub the bee.
> Keep rubbing the bee or damn
>   your eyes, your life is ashes.
> YOUR LIFE IS ASHES."
> ====[mjbraun at enteract.com]==== 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: geeks-admin at sunhelp.org 
> > [mailto:geeks-admin at sunhelp.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Braun
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 2:45 PM
> > To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> > Subject: RE: [geeks] are *BSD (and Linux) people "unhelpful"?
> > 
> > 
> > > --
> > > Eric Dittman
> > > dittman at dittman.net
> > > Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/ 
> > 
> > Ooo! A DEC fan! Someone I can ask for help (or at least for 
> > pointers to better resources!).
> > 
> > I have an Alphaserver 1000 that's kaput. It was working fine 
> > up until I tried to install the DEC Ethernet card (can't 
> > recall what type). I got all sorts of wacky PCI errors (even 
> > though the card was ISA), so I run the EISA Configuration 
> > Utility. The system froze, and now nothing! I turn it on, and 
> > nothing happens on the operator panel or anything. It just sits there.
> > 
> > I tried jumpering the reset jumper, but to no avail. It has 
> > been suggested that the NVRAM is dead, but, unlike my SS1+, I 
> > have no idea what part to order (or even that this is the 
> > problem). Is this now a boat anchor, or can I get it back to life?
> > 
> > Sadly, everything was fine during my drunken OpenVMS 
> > installation attempt, but when I figured that I'd be better 
> > off having the NIC (which I tried the next day) in I hosed 
> > everything. 
> > 
> > 
> > ===========[b l i x]============
> > "Rub the bee. Rub the bee.
> > Keep rubbing the bee or damn
> >   your eyes, your life is ashes.
> > YOUR LIFE IS ASHES."
> > ====[mjbraun at enteract.com]==== 
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Eric Dittman
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