Hi all --
Picked up a Vaxstation 3100 today at the SRCS meeting. There is some
minor corrosion on the memory and motherboard PCBs, some due to
prolonged exposure to moisture, and some due to a leaking clock
battery. I've cleaned up the corrosion and it doesn't appear to have
done any serious damage.
At POST it identifies itself as a KA42-A, which I believe makes it a
Model 30.
I'm getting error messages from the POST and I'm unsure how to interpret
them -- the manuals have not been 100% clear. Here's what I get:
KA42-A V1.3
F...E...D...C...B...A...9...8...7...6...5...4...3_..2_..1?..
? E 0040 0000.0005
? C 0080 0000.4001
? B 0010 000C.0081
?? 1 00C0 0011.700E
The (E) error I expect since there's no clock battery. The (C) is also
expected since I don't have a keyboard/mouse plugged in (just using the
serial console). Similarly, (1) is also expected since I don't
currently have the ethernet interface hooked up to anything.
(B) is what's confusing me -- my understanding is that a single question
mark indicates a "soft" error, described in the manual thus: "Usually, a
question mark (?) in the power-up summary indicates a soft error and the
system may be usable without replacing any FRUs." OK. What does that
mean for memory, and how do I interpret the error code? I know that the
"000C" part indicates the amount of memory installed -- what does
"0081"
mean in this context, and should I be concerned?
For further reference, "test 50" gives the following for memory:
? MEM 000C.0081
00400000
The machine does boot (VMS 6.0 off of two very noisy 104MB drives) and
it seems to work OK, though I haven't stressed it much yet.
Any suggestions here would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
Josh