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?

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