Re: AlphaStation 255 dead
Christoph Gartmann wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello,
>
> today one of our AlphaStations 255 just crashed and refuses to boot anymore.
> It powers up, the disks spin up but the monitor remains dark. There is no
> beeping sound, just a green LED on the mainboard. We replaced the graphics card
> with no luck, so what else could we try?
>
> Regards,
> Christoph Gartmann
>[/color]
Did you replace the monitor?
Have you tried talking to it via a serial port?
Re: AlphaStation 255 dead
In article <47E92708.8060003@comcast.net>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net> writes:[color=blue]
>Christoph Gartmann wrote:[color=green]
>> Hello,
>>
>> today one of our AlphaStations 255 just crashed and refuses to boot anymore.
>> It powers up, the disks spin up but the monitor remains dark. There is no
>> beeping sound, just a green LED on the mainboard. We replaced the graphics card
>> with no luck, so what else could we try?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Christoph Gartmann
>>[/color]
>
>Did you replace the monitor?[/color]
Yes, I did.
[color=blue]
>Have you tried talking to it via a serial port?[/color]
Via both ports, nothing.
Meanwhile I noticed that the battery is empty. Could this cause such a problem?
Regards,
Christoph Gartmann
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Re: AlphaStation 255 dead
Christoph Gartmann wrote:[color=blue]
> In article <47E92708.8060003@comcast.net>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net> writes:
>[color=green]
>>Christoph Gartmann wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>today one of our AlphaStations 255 just crashed and refuses to boot anymore.
>>>It powers up, the disks spin up but the monitor remains dark. There is no
>>>beeping sound, just a green LED on the mainboard. We replaced the graphics card
>>>with no luck, so what else could we try?
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>> Christoph Gartmann
>>>[/color]
>>
>>Did you replace the monitor?[/color]
>
>
> Yes, I did.
>
>[color=green]
>>Have you tried talking to it via a serial port?[/color]
>
>
> Via both ports, nothing.
>
> Meanwhile I noticed that the battery is empty. Could this cause such a problem?
>
> Regards,
> Christoph Gartmann
>[/color]
If your battery is dead, it will affect your TOY clock but I don't think
it should keep you from booting. It would not, however, hurt to replace it.
Re: AlphaStation 255 dead
On Mar 25, 3:28 pm, gartm...@nonsense.immunbio.mpg.de (Christoph
Gartmann) wrote:[color=blue]
> In article <47E92708.8060...@comcast.net>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber...@comcast.net> writes:
>[color=green]
> >Christoph Gartmann wrote:[color=darkred]
> >> Hello,[/color][/color]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> >> today one of our AlphaStations 255 just crashed and refuses to boot anymore.
> >> It powers up, the disks spin up but the monitor remains dark. There is no
> >> beeping sound, just a green LED on the mainboard. We replaced the graphics card
> >> with no luck, so what else could we try?[/color][/color]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> >> Regards,
> >> Christoph Gartmann[/color][/color]
>[color=green]
> >Did you replace the monitor?[/color]
>
> Yes, I did.
>[color=green]
> >Have you tried talking to it via a serial port?[/color]
>
> Via both ports, nothing.
>
> Meanwhile I noticed that the battery is empty. Could this cause such a problem?
>
> Regards,
> Christoph Gartmann
>
> --
> Max-Planck-Institut fuer Phone : +49-761-5108-464 Fax: -452
> Immunbiologie
> Postfach 1169 Internet: gartmann@immunbio dot mpg dot de
> D-79011 Freiburg, Germany
> [url]http://www.immunbio.mpg.de/home/menue.html[/url][/color]
Some Alpha models were extremely sensitive to a dead battery; UDB/
Multia would often not even work at console level with a dead
battery. Its certainly worth a try.
If you have the service guide or if the user guide covers it you can
check to see if there's a 'last chance' jumper on the motherboard. On
some models (AS200 I think) you can get into the SROM and actually
boot to console using a firmware floppy disk; its used if the SRM/Arc
firmware get corrupted. I really don't remember what its called
though.
Re: AlphaStation 255 dead
In article <fsb7s0$dq3$1@news.belwue.de>,
[email]gartmann@nonsense.immunbio.mpg.de[/email] (Christoph Gartmann) writes:
[color=blue]
> today one of our AlphaStations 255 just crashed and refuses to boot anymore.
> It powers up, the disks spin up but the monitor remains dark. There is no
> beeping sound, just a green LED on the mainboard. We replaced the graphics card
> with no luck, so what else could we try?[/color]
Before I saw it was you, I was going to suggest checking the capacitor
between mouse and SCSI connections on the motherboard. :-)
Re: AlphaStation 255 dead
In article <fsikp4$o7m$1@online.de>, [email]helbig@astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de[/email] (Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply) writes:[color=blue]
>In article <fsb7s0$dq3$1@news.belwue.de>,
>gartmann@nonsense.immunbio.mpg.de (Christoph Gartmann) writes:
>[color=green]
>> today one of our AlphaStations 255 just crashed and refuses to boot anymore.
>> It powers up, the disks spin up but the monitor remains dark. There is no
>> beeping sound, just a green LED on the mainboard. We replaced the graphics card
>> with no luck, so what else could we try?[/color]
>
>Before I saw it was you, I was going to suggest checking the capacitor
>between mouse and SCSI connections on the motherboard. :-)[/color]
This is not the problem as the phenomenon is completely different. Meanwhile we
know that it is the motherboard itself :-(
Regards,
Christoph Gartmann
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Immunbiologie
Postfach 1169 Internet: gartmann@immunbio dot mpg dot de
D-79011 Freiburg, Germany
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