Wilko Bulte wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Nov 12, 2000 at 04:54:08PM -0500, hg/jb wrote:
> > b wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I have a PC164/500 mhz 21164 board in a machine that won't do anything
> > > whatsoever.  No beep codes, no terminal to the serial, etc.  Being new to
> > > Alpha's, I'm at a loss.  The memory gets warm to touch as does the cpu.  The
> > > cpu fan runs and the led on the 2940 card lights but thats it.  Are the
> > > cpu's prone to failure or should I suspect the board?  I have ruled out the
> > > power supply by subsitution. Any comments would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > > B. Thompson
> > > Wyoming Internet Resources
> >
> > I have one doing the same thing.
> > I took out the memory, and got the beeps, put in some 32bit mem, got the
> > beeps so something is happening.
> 
> Hmm. Not absolutely sure here, but doesn't PC164 need 36 bit SIMMs?
> 
> --
> Wilko Bulte                                             Arnhem, the Netherlands
> wilko@freebsd.org       http://www.freebsd.org          http://www.nlfug.nl

Hi Wilko,
Yes, it needs 36bit, but I did that to make sure something was 
happening - got the beeps so I knew something was going on.
My logic, perhaps faulty, was that the cpu had to execute to
see if there was ram, and it did, did not find the right stuff,
so it beeped.
I then put the right mem in it, and it stopped beeping.  So....
bob