[SunRescue] 300mhz CPU upgrade - no luck

[Joshua D. Boyd]

Did you try the new CPU in the Tatung clone?  If possible (I'm not an
expert on Ultras), I'd try that.  It might give you a better idea of if it
is the chip or the axil.

--
Joshua Boyd

On Wed, 23 May 2001, Paul Phillips wrote:

> Well, darn.
> 
> I got my nice 300 mhz UltraSparc processor today in the mail.  Put it in my 
> Axil Ultima 1 and -- no luck.  I tried changing the jumper labeled J2302 
> (same jumper name on the Tatung Ultra 1 clone) - still no luck.  Put the 
> old processor back in - works fine.
> 
> I was so excited about this, but I can't seem to make it work, and I 
> haven't been able to find any docs anywhere that might give me some 
> guidance.  Maybe it just won't work.
> 
> I suppose the new processor might be bad, but it was shipped well, in an 
> antistatic bag, and the previous owner said he tested it on an Ultra 2 
> before sending it out.
> 
> If I try and go out and buy a used Ultra 2 now, there will be bloodshed in 
> this household...
> 
> Any ideas...?
> 
> Thanks,
> Paul Phillips
> 
> 
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