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

Big Endian biggie at 3geeks.org
Thu Jul 18 14:46:14 CDT 2002


>  > 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.
>--

Its a PC64 motherboard that he's got.
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