Subject: RE: Multia (semi off-topic)
To: Nathan Straz <nate@techie.com>
From: Tim Rightnour <root@garbled.net>
List: port-alpha
Date: 10/17/1998 08:49:01
On 17-Oct-98 Nathan Straz spoke unto us all:
# > Flee, run, escape! Multias like to burn out and die, at which point you
# > have to replace a few chips.. After that they are solid as a rock though.
#
# When the chips start going bad, which messages
# should we be looking for? Where can we get the
# chips from? I've started seeing some complaints
# about the SCSI controler sending the system into
# oblivion.
When the chips go bad.. the machine will boot, (if you are lucky) and just
wedge solid after maybe 30sec up to five minutes. Ie: It becomes a big
paperwieght.
Not sure what the scsi errors could be....
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