[SunRescue] RE: rescue digest, Vol 1 #1263 - 16 msgs

[Ken Hansen]

Just curious - what is throwing out th e"Red Stae Exception" message if the CPU is toast... Is there another processor/controller chip on-board that oversees the operation of the Ultra?

Ken

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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 22:39:16 -0700
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
From: Goldarg <goldarg at dub.net>
Subject: [SunRescue] Re: Two Ill Ultra 1's
Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org

 >I have seen the Red State Eception show up when bad RAM was in a system.
 >It is also a symtom of a bad CPU. Make sure the CPU fan is good. If not 
it may
 >have litterally baked it's self to death.

Ouch, that's what I had feared, the CPU fan is totally dead and doesn't 
spin up unless it gets a lot of help.