[rescue] Getting SRM for Alphastation?

[James Lockwood]

On Sat, 20 Jul 2002, Mike Johnson wrote:

> I forgot to mention that part.  I went to:
> http://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/archive/astn200.html
> and followed the instructions for the floppy disk update for ARC.  I
> created a floppy with that update on it, named it fwupdate.exe, then
> went into the ARC menus to find 'Update BIOS'.  When I did that, it hits
> the floppy drive, reads for a minute or so, then just hangs.  I get
> nothing but a blue screen.

My AS200 did exactly the same thing until I replaced the motherboard
battery.  A low charge appearantly impedes the flash update process.
Works great now (running Tru64 5.1A).

-James