[rescue] DEC 3000/800S question

[John Francini]

Obvious first question: the S3 switch is set for a serial console and  
not a video card?  I'd also try pulling the video card out (if any),  
triple-checking the S3 setting, and seeing if it gets any further.

John

(who used to have one of the Bird series of Alphas beside my desk for  
several years.)




On 12 Mar 2008, at 16:13, Skeezics Boondoggle wrote:

> Rescuers,
>
> I'm slowly going through my hardware pile to sort out the living from
> the dead. The first attempt is a DEC 3000/800S: EV4, 128MB, 3x
> internal disks, a nice complement of Turbochannel cards.  The machine
> is pristine inside and out, looks brand new.  I last managed this box
> about 8 years ago, and it's probably been powered off for almost that
> long... It powers up fine, disks spin up, and it runs through POST but
> stops at diag code F0 and no output ever appears on the console (a
> VT320 that is properly cabled).
>
> What little I've gleaned from Google and the docs I've found leaves
> little hope;  I've done the obvious things that were suggested;
> checked and re-seated all the memory, I/O module, Turbochannel cards,
> etc.  Diag code F0 seems to mean that POST completed okay but it hung
> trying to enter the console code.  Is the serial ROM fried?  Is there
> an NVRAM or TOD clock with a dead battery somewhere hiding in there?
> Anyone ever seen this and solved it?
>
> If not, it'll probably end up on the sell/strip/recycle pile. :-(
>
> I'm bummed as all get-out that it seems the only true
> d|i|g|i|t|a|l-badged box I own is toast - I'd had a hankerin' lately
> to bring up a KL10 simulator on it and take a trip down memory lane...
>
> Help?
>
> -- Chris
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