[geeks] Comatose Alphaserver 1000

[Matthew Braun]

Doh; I really should have relized that I needed to change the subject
*before* I send the message, not 1 minute afterwards. Would this be
better off on [Rescue] anyway? 

===========[b l i x]============
"Rub the bee. Rub the bee.
Keep rubbing the bee or damn
  your eyes, your life is ashes.
YOUR LIFE IS ASHES."
====[mjbraun at enteract.com]==== 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: geeks-admin at sunhelp.org 
> [mailto:geeks-admin at sunhelp.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Braun
> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 2:45 PM
> To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> Subject: RE: [geeks] are *BSD (and Linux) people "unhelpful"?
> 
> 
> > --
> > Eric Dittman
> > dittman at dittman.net
> > Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/ 
> 
> Ooo! A DEC fan! Someone I can ask for help (or at least for 
> pointers to better resources!).
> 
> I have an Alphaserver 1000 that's kaput. It was working fine 
> up until I tried to install the DEC Ethernet card (can't 
> recall what type). I got all sorts of wacky PCI errors (even 
> though the card was ISA), so I run the EISA Configuration 
> Utility. The system froze, and now nothing! I turn it on, and 
> nothing happens on the operator panel or anything. It just sits there.
> 
> I tried jumpering the reset jumper, but to no avail. It has 
> been suggested that the NVRAM is dead, but, unlike my SS1+, I 
> have no idea what part to order (or even that this is the 
> problem). Is this now a boat anchor, or can I get it back to life?
> 
> Sadly, everything was fine during my drunken OpenVMS 
> installation attempt, but when I figured that I'd be better 
> off having the NIC (which I tried the next day) in I hosed 
> everything. 
> 
> 
> ===========[b l i x]============
> "Rub the bee. Rub the bee.
> Keep rubbing the bee or damn
>   your eyes, your life is ashes.
> YOUR LIFE IS ASHES."
> ====[mjbraun at enteract.com]==== 
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