Subject: Re: Multia diagnostic translation needed
To: David Woyciesjes <DAW@yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: port-alpha
Date: 06/11/2000 14:35:02
On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 10:10:59PM -0400, David Woyciesjes wrote:
> In conversing with mu brother over a couple of Coors today, we figure we'll
> replace the flash ROM chips. Being right next to the processor (I'm almost
> positive), good chance they got fried with help from the 233 MHz
> processor... if not, when I did the fail Safe and blast on my working 166, I
> got this...
> >>>>
> ROM BASE = 38400000; MFG ID = 89; DEV ID = bd ( <- might have been 'db')
> >>>>
> but if you recall, i got this from the bad machine...
> >>>>
> ROM BASE = 38400000; MFG ID = 89; DEV ID = 9d
> Wrong ROM vendor. AMD or Intel Parts expected.
> >>>>
> Sound like the flash ROM is limping along, dishing out wrong info, therefore
> screwing the firmware blast. Make sense?

Possible. Note that the difference between the two DEV ID is 0x20 again.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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