Subject: Re: RIP SS2?
To: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
From: Volker Borchert <bt@csfps.de>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/25/2002 09:49:59
|> I've got an SS2 which is failing to get even to the prom, on
|> powerup it outputs:
|>
|> *** U0208 ***
|> PMAP ...
Seem to be _the_ weak point of SS2's, this is the fifth I hear of
with PMAP failures, and four of them had exactly this chip fail.
|> Tried swapping memory around.
No use, U0208 is page map RAM, soldered onto the mainboard.
|> Looks to be a hopeless case, but
|> just in case anyone has any ideas?
If you are _really_ good with a _really_ small soldering iron, you
could try to replace the chip.