Re: Machine Check when booting dqa0?

On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 03:48:22AM -0500, Josh Tolbert wrote:

EDO RAM??

I'm 99% sure this box uses FPM ECC RAMS, not EDO.

> Hi Andrew,
>       I tried booting from IDE immediately after the power-on, but got
> the same result every time I tried.
>       The exact machine error is a "660 Machine Check," which from my
> searching indicates a memory error. Can anyone verify this, and if so is
> there any way to determine if the problem is board-related or
> memory-related without swapping the RAM around? I don't have too many EDO
> ECC SIMMs laying around.
>       Also, is there any place (besides ebay) to find something like a
> UP1000 Alpha motherboard for a reasonable price?
> 
> Thanks,
> Josh
> 
> On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
> 
> >
> > Have you tried power-cycling the box before attempting to boot?
> >
> > On some machines (my up1000 for example), IDE works great the first
> > time after a cold boot, and then fails upon reboot.  (I just get the
> > timeout messages, not a machine check).  FWIW, I think we're not
> > putting something back the way SRM likes it.
> >
> > Drew
> >
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