From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Oct 31 12:42:19 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@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 8963D37B4CF for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 12:42:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by 1UPMC-MSX1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 15:41:36 -0500 Message-ID: From: "Person, Roderick" To: 'Wilko Bulte' , "Koster, K.J." Cc: "Person, Roderick" , 'Alpha FreeBSD' Subject: RE: Help with first Alpha!!! Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 15:41:58 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C0437A.F4EABA0E" Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@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_01C0437A.F4EABA0E Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" 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 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0437A.F4EABA0E Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: Help with first Alpha!!!

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

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