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Date:      Tue, 10 Apr 2001 16:45:08 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Alpha woes..
Message-ID:  <15059.28884.541304.633317@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010410133436.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <XFMail.010410133436.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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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. 

Drew


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