[SunRescue] newbie with SS10 problems. (lots of them!)

Eric Hall jester_123 at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 11 23:41:43 CDT 2000


Mucho Thanx, Cyrus - that info did the trick. All 64meg found and tested
good.
Still working on the video problem, though. But what the heck, tinkering
and getting it to work is half the fun, right?

Eric Hall

"Cyrus M. Reed" wrote:
> 
> Actually, the SunHW Reference states the following for adding ram to the
> SS10:
> 
>         Memory is in the form of up to eight 16M (501-1785 or 501-2273)
>         or 64M (501-1930) 70ns SIMMs. They must be installed in the
>         order shown:
> 
>             Nearest SBus connectors
> 
>                 J201 --------------------- (1)  0x00000000-0x03FFFFFF
>                 J202 --------------------- (8)  0x10000000-0x13FFFFFF
>                 J203 --------------------- (3)  0x04000000-0x07FFFFFF
>                 J301 --------------------- (6)  0x14000000-0x17FFFFFF
>                 J302 --------------------- (4)  0x08000000-0x0BFFFFFF
>                 J303 --------------------- (5)  0x18000000-0x1BFFFFFF
>                 J304 --------------------- (2)  0x0C000000-0x0FFFFFFF
>                 J305 --------------------- (7)  0x1C000000-0x1FFFFFFF
> 
> The order would be given by the numbers in (), and the SIMMs the
> special 128(?) pin SS10/20 kind....
> I seem to recall that this is what I saw at docs.sun.com as well before
> they took away the references to the SS10.  If I only had an SS10 (or
> even better, an SS20 :) to apply this knowledge to.... *sigh*
> 
> Check out the SunHW Ref (and other fine documents) on www.sunhelp.org,
> they have all sorts of tidbits that will help with your SS10.
> 
> -Cyrus
> 
> On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Ken Hansen wrote:
> 
> > RAM should be added by filling the SIMM slots in sequence, moving away
> > from the SBUS slots toward the front of the unit - if you are looking at the
> >
> > SS10 with the back/connectors facing you, start at the nearest slot and work
> >
> > your way towards the front.
> >
> > I assume this is known good RAM?
> >
> > I assume you have a keyboard plugged in (no keys/no graphics - all info to
> > serial port)?
> >
> > Was this a "known good" machine or a "removed working"?
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Ken
> >
> > Eric Hall wrote:
> >
> > > I can't get any video from my ss10 - I have a brand new Samsung
> > > multi-sync monitor with an 13w3 adapter.The monitor has a function that
> > > will display "out of sync" if that is the case. The monitor just stays
> > > in standby mode, and does nothing. I can hook up my linux laptop with a
> > > null-modem cable and get output.
> > >
> > > I'm also not sure what slots the simms go in. I have 4 16meg simms, and
> > > the only way I can get the thing to boot is put one on each end - I.E. 1
> > > and 8 slots. If someone could point me in the right direction I would
> > > appreciate it. pointers to faqs accepted with thanks.
> > >
> > > Eric Hall
> > >
> > > __________________________________________________
> > > Do You Yahoo!?
> > > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger.
> > > http://im.yahoo.com
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Rescue maillist  -  Rescue at sunhelp.org
> > > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Rescue maillist  -  Rescue at sunhelp.org
> > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue
> >
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Rescue maillist  -  Rescue at sunhelp.org
> http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue
Much

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger.
http://im.yahoo.com






More information about the rescue mailing list