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Date:      Fri, 6 Dec 2002 08:45:35 -0500 (EST)
From:      Paul Halliday <dp@dove.penix.org>
To:        Jan Lentfer <Jan.Lentfer@web.de>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Memory Problems
Message-ID:  <20021206083651.C66664-100000@dove.penix.org>
In-Reply-To: <3DF0A78E.B260C0DD@web.de>

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On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Jan Lentfer wrote:

> Paul Halliday wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Jan Lentfer wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I bought two 256MB chips for my PWS 500. When I plug them in with no
> > > other memory chips on board, the kernel boots and goes through the
> > > booting till "Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle". Then
> > > suddenly it jumps back to SRM and reports:
> > does the PWS 500 have diagnostic leds? These will quickly report which
> > banks are failing. Have you tried memtest from the console?
>
> It does have 8 leds left to the memory banks but I don't know how to read them.
>
> Jan
hmm..

if they are the same as the alpha station 200 then viewing from the rear:
(x) off (o) on

oooo oxox	Memory test 1 failure
oooo oxxo	Memory test 2 failure
oooo oxxx	Memory test 3 failure
oooo xooo	Memory test 4 failure
....
ooxo ooox	Memory test failed
....
if all is well..

oooo ooxx	Console initialized (ARC)
ooox xoxo	Console initialized (SRM)

hope this helps.

>
> --
> Jan Lentfer
> System Administrator
> Molecular Cell Biology / AG Holstein, Darmstadt University of Technology, Schnittspahnstr. 10, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
> Tel: +49 6151 16 5563 / Tel private: +49 6155 899393 / mobile: +49 163 4712037
>
>
>
Paul Halliday.
http://dp.penix.org
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