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Date:      Fri, 28 Apr 2000 21:01:36 +0200
From:      Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely.de>
To:        kdulzo@gerp.org
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PC164 Troubles
Message-ID:  <20000428210136.B86206@cicely5.cicely.de>
In-Reply-To: <20000428124555.A30435@caffeine.gerp.org>; from kdulzo@caffeine.gerp.org on Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 12:45:55PM -0500
References:  <20000428124555.A30435@caffeine.gerp.org>

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On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 12:45:55PM -0500, Kevin M. Dulzo wrote:
> 	I have searched and read everything I can find on this subject,
> but still cannot seem to find any diagnostic documentation for an 
> alpha PC164 board.  I picked it up on ebay from Sysmerica, 500Mhz.
> 4 32M 72pin Parity SIMMs (one 60ns, 3 70ns).  Tried about 6 different
> video cards and cannot get a screen.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

The RAM is with parity and all are the same?

> I put the 50hz oscillator in (I think backwards for a moment, is that bad?)
> I removed all the frequency jumpers (multiplier of 15)
> 128bit Memory jumper is on (4 SIMMs)
> Power supply powers up, standard ATX case/ps from Global (I hope I did not
> botch my solder job to fix the power switch).

I did the same for my PC164 as there is no powerlogic...

> Sometimes I get garble out of the serial ports like:
> ..xxx..x.DSD

Default is 9600-8n1 - maybe it's configured differently in your case.
You should try common values like 19200 and 38400.

-- 
B.Walter                  COSMO-Project              http://www.cosmo-project.de
ticso@cicely.de             Usergroup                info@cosmo-project.de



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