[SunRescue] Help me resucitate this Sparcstation 5

[Cagliostro]

    Removing one of the DIMMs did indeed turn the machine back into a
usuable one. I tried testing to see if it was just a bad connection , but no
matter what care I used to replace it the problem came back . luckly I had
dual DIMMs in the machine so I could keep 32 megs and get the system to boot
up just fine.

    -Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Magnus Abrante" <magnus.abrante at sweden.sun.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Help me resucitate this Sparcstation 5



Unfortunately this looks more like an error on one of the memory SIMMS,
Async memory fault mfsr=0x81804820 mfar=0x3df4198 = Asyncronus Memory
Fault. Try removing one of the simms and try again, if that doesn't work
try the other.

The command "module-info" will tell you the speed of the CPU from the
OBP (ok prompt).

        //Magnus Abrante
/* This is my opinion and not the one of my empolyer */

> It looks like 1.1.2 is supported on sun4m (which is the
> architecture of a Sparc5) according to the handy SunOS/Solaris version
> history.  So it should theoretically work...  Is it a model 170 (170MHz)
> by chance?  I know that I've seen mention of some hardware differences
> between the 170 and the slower models; that might possibly hang things up.
> If that's the case, you would want to find a later rev of Solaris (which
> you will probably want to do anyway- 1.1.2 is fairly long in the tooth
> for a Sparc 5).  It sounds like it might be a hardware problem though.
>
> -Cyrus
>
> On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Mike Turner wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I havea sick sparcstation 5 (64 megs ram , 1.5 gig HD, microsparc ][
> > processor , cd-rom internal, rom rev 2.15)here and I need your help. For
> > some reason it does not want to join the land of the living. Here are
the
> > symptoms  I have seen.
> > When I first got my hands on it , the machine would constantly
> > reboot when powered up. I have gotten that to stop now. I have the 1.5
gig
> > IBM hard drive in the system formatted and ready to go. I can boot cdrom
and
> > enter the single user shell from the cd-rom for the solaris version(
this cd
> > is solaris 1.1.2) , if I try and do this trick with my solaris & cd the
> > system automatically reboots when I type in boot cdrom giving me no
chance
> > to get to the user shell.
> > Now the problem is I want to install solaris to the HD I have. I
> > have been trying to install 1.1.2 simply because I have that cd handy
and it
> > is the only thing I can get to give me that option. Unfortunatly when I
try
> > to install the system poops on itself and reboots. These are messages I
am
> > getting (found on screen after reboot)
> >
> > checking writeability of /dev/rsd0b
> > 0+1 records in
> > 1+0 records out
> > Extracting miniroot ...
> > Async memory fault mfsr=0x81804820 mfar=0x3df4198     <---- Number on
this
> > line vary
> > panic: async memory fault
> > syncing file systems... done
> > 01542 low-memory static kernel pages
> > 00146 additional static and sysmap kernel pages
> > 00000 dynamic kernel data pages
> > 00016 additional user structure pages
> > 00000 segmap kernel pages
> > 00000 segvn kernel pages
> > 00031 current user process pages                      <---- Number on
this
> > line vary
> > 00002 user stack pages                                <---- Number on
this
> > line vary
> > 01737 total pages (1737 chunks)                       <---- Number on
this
> > line vary
> >
> > dumping to vp fb003e34, offset 103576                  <---- Number on
this
> > line vary
> > 0 total pages, dump failed: error 19
> > rebooting...
> > resetting ...
> >
> >  and then I am back at the normal startup screen for this system. Anyone
got
> > an idea of wat is causing this , and even better, how to fix it? Memory
> > checks performed at startup show the system to be fine.
> >
> >     Also when I start the install I am getting a message at one point
that
> > says
> > WARNING: preposterous time in the file system -- CHECK AND RESET THE
DATE!
> >
> > Rarely, it will give me a peice on the install that looks like this
> > Extracting miniroot ...
> > Using cdrom partition number 3
> > |
> >
> > Mini-root Installation complete
> >
> >  Then I go to the above messages starting with the Async memory fault
> >
> > If you got any idea, message me back , I am willing to try anything.
> >
> > Michael A. Turner
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