Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 15:41:58 -0500 From: "Person, Roderick" <personrp@ccbh.com> To: 'Wilko Bulte' <wkb@freebie.demon.nl>, "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com> Cc: "Person, Roderick" <personrp@ccbh.com>, 'Alpha FreeBSD' <freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Help with first Alpha!!! Message-ID: <ABC15E2D8FBCD311B4A200805FA7D59B026040A1@1UPMC-MSX6>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] I get nothing on the monitor except a 1/2 inch white line at the bottom of the screen. The cards all work in my intel machine so it's not the cards. I haven't tried the serial console - actually I'm not sure on how to do that. Roderick P. Person Programmer II Crystal Administrator personrp@ccbh.com "There are many things that you're not supposed to eat, especially children." - Mary Margaret McBride, radio personality > -----Original Message----- > From: Wilko Bulte [mailto:wkb@freebie.demon.nl] > Sent: October 31, 2000 3:42 PM > To: Koster, K.J. > Cc: 'Person, Roderick'; 'Alpha FreeBSD' > Subject: Re: Help with first Alpha!!! > > > On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 03:40:03PM +0100, Koster, K.J. wrote: > > Dear Roderick, > > > > I have the same board. It takes ages before it gives off > signs of life after > > powerup. Make sure that you leave it on for a few _minutes_ > before assuming > > it's dead. > > > > Check that you have 36-bit SIMMs and some cache. Mine > didn't boot without > > the cache (or I did not wait long enough, of course) > > 0Mb cache is supposed to be a valid config. I no longer have my NoName > so I cannot try. > > While I had it here, I have run it with multiple different VGA cards. > Varying from Stealth64 to ISA ET4000 boards, and Mach64 PCI. > All worked for > me. What is the exact problem you are seeing? Does the NoName > work with a > serial console? > > -- > Wilko Bulte Arnhem, > the Netherlands > wilko@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2650.12"> <TITLE>RE: Help with first Alpha!!!</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=2>I get nothing on the monitor except a 1/2 inch white line at the bottom of the screen. The cards all work in my intel machine so it's not the cards. I haven't tried the serial console - actually I'm not sure on how to do that.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>Roderick P. Person</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Programmer II</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Crystal Administrator</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>personrp@ccbh.com</FONT> </P> <BR> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>"There are many things that you're not supposed to eat, especially</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>children."</FONT> </P> <P> <FONT SIZE=2>- Mary Margaret McBride, radio personality</FONT> </P> <BR> <BR> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: Wilko Bulte [<A HREF="mailto:wkb@freebie.demon.nl">mailto:wkb@freebie.demon.nl</A>]</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: October 31, 2000 3:42 PM</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To: Koster, K.J.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Cc: 'Person, Roderick'; 'Alpha FreeBSD'</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subject: Re: Help with first Alpha!!!</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 03:40:03PM +0100, Koster, K.J. wrote:</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Dear Roderick,</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > I have the same board. It takes ages before it gives off </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> signs of life after</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > powerup. Make sure that you leave it on for a few _minutes_ </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> before assuming</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > it's dead.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Check that you have 36-bit SIMMs and some cache. Mine </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> didn't boot without</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > the cache (or I did not wait long enough, of course)</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 0Mb cache is supposed to be a valid config. I no longer have my NoName</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> so I cannot try.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> While I had it here, I have run it with multiple different VGA cards.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Varying from Stealth64 to ISA ET4000 boards, and Mach64 PCI. </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> All worked for</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> me. What is the exact problem you are seeing? Does the NoName </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> work with a</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> serial console?</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> -- </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Wilko Bulte Arnhem, </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> the Netherlands</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> wilko@freebsd.org <A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org" TARGET="_blank">http://www.freebsd.org</A> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://www.nlfug.nl" TARGET="_blank">http://www.nlfug.nl</A></FONT>; </P> </BODY> </HTML>
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