From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 13 5: 0:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from 1upmc-msx1.isdip.upmc.edu (1upmc-msx1.isdip.upmc.edu [128.147.16.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C32137B503 for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2000 05:00:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 1upmc-msx1.isdip.upmc.edu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id <4WQ4L9W9>; Fri, 13 Oct 2000 07:59:29 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Person, Roderick" To: 'Heredity Choice' Cc: "'questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: RE: OT: Alpha hardware help. Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 07:59:29 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C0350D.09CE09DE" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0350D.09CE09DE Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Thanks alot for the info. I found a manual for this board at ftp.digital.com. I still wasn't sure about the PCI power (were all pci card 3.3v and such). And I noticed that there were only 10 video cards that were tested and worked with this thing. They are all older cards. I have tracked down one of the cards - a high end digital card that is $150 used. You say you have never completed the boot process, so am I in for lots of head aches to get FreeBSD to run on this?? Roderick P. Person Programmer II Crystal Administrator (412)454-2616 personrp@ccbh.com "If it floats your boat, it must be water." RnR - circa 1993 -----Original Message----- From: Heredity Choice [mailto:stork@QNET.COM] Sent: October 13, 2000 3:29 AM To: Person, Roderick Cc: 'questions@FreeBSD.ORG' Subject: Re: OT: Alpha hardware help. The 3.3 volt connection is used only by relatively rare PCI cards. To be safe, you had best contact the maker of each PCI card you plan to use and ask whether it needs 3.3 volts. J33 takes standard AT connectors. If you really need 3.3 volts, several companies make AT power supplies with 3.3 volts, but these are not cheap. You can take any ATX power supply and splice 2 sets of AT connectors on it in place of the ATX connector. To connect the wires correctly you will need to look in a computer manual that gives the voltage to each pin of an AT and an ATX connector, as well as the J34.=20 On the pair of AT connectors that go into J34 you will have to do a little filing to eliminate the ridges that are there to stop you putting them in the wrong place. When you boot, "BIOS Emulation Ver. 1.7" refers to the SROM. The latest SRM firmware for this board is Ver. 1.6, downloadable from www.compaq.com. You cannot use ARC for FreeBSD, and the flash ROM is only big enough to hold one or the other. These boards will not boot with just any video card. They seem to prefer the older ones. The boot process should take about 2 minutes. Mine has never completed the boot process. After displaying the SROM version it goes to a blue screen with a flashing cursor. Paul Smith ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0350D.09CE09DE Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: OT: Alpha hardware help.

Thanks alot for the info. I found a manual for this = board at ftp.digital.com.

I still wasn't sure about the PCI power (were all pci = card 3.3v and such). And I noticed that there were only 10 video cards = that were tested and worked with this thing. They are all older cards. = I have tracked down one of the cards - a high end digital card that is = $150 used.

You say you have never completed the boot process, so = am I in for lots of head aches to get FreeBSD to run on this??

Roderick P. Person
Programmer II
Crystal Administrator
(412)454-2616
personrp@ccbh.com

"If it floats your boat, it must be = water."
          &nb= sp;           &nb= sp;           &nb= sp;     RnR - circa 1993



-----Original Message-----
From: Heredity Choice [mailto:stork@QNET.COM]
Sent: October 13, 2000 3:29 AM
To: Person, Roderick
Cc: 'questions@FreeBSD.ORG'
Subject: Re: OT: Alpha hardware help.

The 3.3 volt connection is used only by relatively = rare PCI cards. To be
safe, you had best contact the maker of each PCI = card you plan to use and
ask whether it needs 3.3 volts. J33 takes standard = AT connectors.

If you really need 3.3 volts, several companies make = AT power supplies
with 3.3 volts, but these are not cheap.  You = can take any ATX power
supply and splice 2 sets of AT connectors on it in = place of the ATX
connector. To connect the wires correctly you will = need to look in a
computer manual that gives the voltage to each pin = of an AT and an ATX
connector, as well as the J34.=3D20

On the pair of AT connectors that go into J34 you = will have to do a little
filing to eliminate the ridges that are there to = stop you putting them in
the wrong place.

When you boot, "BIOS Emulation Ver. 1.7" = refers to the SROM. The latest
SRM firmware for this board is Ver. 1.6, = downloadable from www.compaq.com.
You cannot use ARC for FreeBSD, and the flash ROM is = only big enough to
hold one or the other.

These boards will not boot with just any video card. = They seem to prefer
the older ones.

The boot process should take about 2 minutes. Mine = has never completed the
boot process. After displaying the SROM version it = goes to a blue screen
with a flashing cursor.

Paul Smith

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