[rescue] sparcstation 5 memory

[Lionel Peterson]

SS/5 memory is *very* affordable on ebay, you might want to buy a DIMM
or two of known-good RAM to test the system...

I am suprised you saw anything without RAM installed...

Lionel

--- Walter Belgers <walter+rescue at belgers.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Just got a Sun Sparcstation 5, without memory/disk/cd/floppy. When
> booting, I get an error message on SIO-A:
> 
> 	ERROR  : Sync Trap, PSR= 04100fc7, PC= 000333d4, TBR= 70000290
>         ERROR  : Sync Fault Status Reg = 700075d0
>         ERROR  : Sync Fault Address Reg = 70001fb
> 
> The only reference I found on the web:
> http://www.reedmedia.net/misc/netbsd/sparc.html indicates this may be
> because there's no memory inside. I took some memory out of an Apple
> PowerMac 7500 (2x 32Mb, inserted in slots closest to the rear of the
> machine). The same error message still appears.
> 
> Does anybody know if PowerMac memory is compatible with SS5 memory?
> Or does the error sound familiar?


=====
Lionel

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