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AlphaServer DS-20e not talking...

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Wrote the following at Feb. 15, 2010, 2:24 p.m...
I just dragged an AlphaServer DS-20e home and I had an Elsa Gloria graphics card from out of my XP1000 with the dead power supply...

I have been following the guides from:
http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/archi ... _tech.html

Especially
http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/downl ... ence_d.pdf

I am getting nothing from the machine, it just sits there with that same blue SRM screen as I see in the AlphaStation 800 5/550 and a blinking white cursor... I see nothing on the serial ports either..

I get no response from either console as per figure 1.12... and yes the DEC VGA card is in slot one as per the manual...

I get no beeps... I get all the LEDs (ie "Starting console") in figure 8.1 of "Troubleshooting" of the above guide
I am running out of ideas...

It has two CPU boards in it and I don't see any empty RAM slots... So it is probably pretty nice spec, just playing possum for some reason...

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Wrote the following at Feb. 15, 2010, 2:54 p.m...
Well, you have to make absolute sure that you've set the "console=g" variable in SRM through serial console until you can find anything on the screen.

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Wrote the following at Feb. 15, 2010, 3:31 p.m...
Do you have your keyboard on PS/2 or USB port?

If you have a USB keyboard, try PS/2 keyboard instead. Without keyboard it will default to serial console.
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Wrote the following at Feb. 15, 2010, 3:58 p.m...
theinonen wrote:
Do you have your keyboard on PS/2 or USB port?

If you have a USB keyboard, try PS/2 keyboard instead. Without keyboard it will default to serial console.


Yes. I have the same PS/2 keyboard that works on the AlphaServer 800... and I waited for like 10 minutes and still nothing.. on either VGA screen or serial console...

it was wrote:
Well, you have to make absolute sure that you've set the "console=g" variable in SRM through serial console until you can find anything on the screen.


I am not seeing anything on the serial either which is what is stressing me more...

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Wrote the following at Feb. 16, 2010, 3:49 a.m...
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Panic over... someone had reassigned the serial port that is used as the console port in SRM (not the default one in the manual but I was sure I checked it earlier) and I pulled the graphics card out of it...

I have serial port access now and I can run diags and check the config...

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Wrote the following at Feb. 16, 2010, 3:04 p.m...
You know, I was thinking of that right this very evening and thought I should pop in and pop the question.
Good thing you found it already and bad thing I didn't thought of that in the first place.

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Wrote the following at Feb. 20, 2010, 7:21 p.m...
I've got it working with Tru64 5.1 but without the license PAKs it is single user only.

I might have to update the firmware to put VMS on it and get my hobbyist licenses...

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Wrote the following at Feb. 20, 2010, 11:25 p.m...
Found some license :oops: :roll:

Happy now...
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That is Xnest on the Mac onto an XDM session...

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Wrote the following at Feb. 21, 2010, 3:20 a.m...
That's a bit pretty :)

The two ds20e's here (Although one has serious problems), one had 7.0, the other 7.2-1.

http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/firmw ... /ds20.html

MOP or update floppy? I've always had trouble with the floppies.

There's also the *.world cd image they used to publish. Sort of a double-clutch boot with -CURRENT firmwarez for *.machines. That might be easier .. but it's usually a massive download.

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/alphaserver/firmwa ... se/v73.zip

Might pay you to have a troll around in the directory.

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