[rescue] Alphaserver question (Machine died after installing FreeBSD)

[Eric Dittman]

> I just yesterday got a Lifeline Information Server (Alphaserver 275MHZ)
> 128mb ram. It has an DEC mainboard and a storageworks thingie. Now
> what happend is I belive one of the fan's died while installing FreeBSD
> and I unplugged it coz in the front the "not ok" sing went off so I shut the
> machine down and unplugge the non working fan and turned the machine
> back on. But now all what happens is that the keyboard light flashes and
> the machine doesnt come back. So I plug the FAN back in and turn the
> machine back on and the fan comes up again but the machine not.

Can you give more details on the actual motherboard?

Most of the Alphas will not come up if a required fan is not
working propery.  Even if the fan turns, it may not be turning
fast enough which in some models is treated as a dead fan.
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Eric Dittman
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