Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 15:06:47 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Alpha woes.. Message-ID: <XFMail.010410150647.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <15059.28884.541304.633317@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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On 10-Apr-01 Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > John Baldwin writes: > > Well, my alpha deadlocked again during a -j 4 buildworld today. > Unfortunately, > > my alpha began its life as a NT workstation (PWS 500a) so it's halt/reset > > button functions as a reset button, i.e. you punch it and the machine > resets, > > rather than getting a useful SRM prompt at which to examine regs, etc. > > Anyways, I decided to pull the lid off and attempt to locate the jumper to > > change the behavior of the button to be more useful (i.e. to halt). After > > failing to locate it by any obvious means, I went to Compaq's > disappointing web > > site to attempt to find docco on how to do this but was unsuccessful. If > > anyone has any idea on how to get these things to halt and not reboot, I > would > > really appreciate it. > > If you have an MX5, then there's a tiny little halt button on the > motherboard between the memory Dimms and the back panel at the very > top of the machine. Hmm, I did see that little pushbutton there and had wondered about that. Of course, this means I need to leave the case off all the time now. :-P > Drew -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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