[rescue] AXPci smoked?

[Mike Nicewonger]

On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, you wrote:
> Once upon a time, I bought an axPCI board (they were cheap and abundant on
> eBay then). It didn't face much action, though, since I hadn't got the proper
> SIMMs. I did however get to watch the VGA BIOS as well as plaintive prompts on
> the serial port. Now I get neither, not even when using ECC SIMMs from an
> RS/6000. That is very distressing. I notice that the processor gets slightly
> warm (but it's cooled by a fan in the front of the case), but the system
> remains very dead. Since it was such a long time ago that I played with it,
> could I have forgotten some really stupid little detail, or is it time to
> scour eBay for a replacement?

Which machine? An AX? these take very specific memory. I may have some here I
will have to look. Memory also has to be installed in 4 pieces at a time.

Mike N