Q-Bus Memory Diagnostics and Repair
Jerry Weiss
jsw at ieee.org
Wed Sep 7 20:10:33 CDT 2016
I have two bad memory boards and could use some advise on how to
repair them.
The first is an MSV11-PL 512KB-Q-Bus 22bit.
Dead to both CSR and Memory address access in ODT.
Was working until a short time ago. Checked all the jumpers and
no evidence any magic smoke has been released. I have a copy of
MP01239_MSV11-P Field Maintenance Print, but before start poking
around with my scope I wonder if someone has seen this before
and/or can recommend a particular methodology to finding the fault.
The second board is a CMV1000 that probably has a bad Memory Chip.
The results of CVMJAB0 point to “Bank 35”. I don’t have either
prints or a manual for this board. Partial report follows:
512K OF Q-BUS PARITY MEMORY
512K WORDS OF MEMORY TOTAL
MEMORY CONFIGURATION MAP
16K WORD BANKS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
012345670123456701234567012345670123456701234567012345670123
ERRORS X
MEMTYPE PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
CSR 00000000000000000000000000000000
PC BANK VADD PADD GOOD BAD XOR CSR MTYP INT PAT
025770 35 157752 03577752 000377 03577752 03577752 0 P 17
025770 35 157712 03577712 000377 03577712 03577712 0 P 17
025770 35 157652 03577652 000377 03577652 03577652 0 P 17
025770 35 157612 03577612 000377 03577612 03577612 0 P 17
025770 35 157552 03577552 000377 03577552 03577552 0 P 17
024564 35 141612 03561612 061612 03561612 03561612 0 P 01
024564 35 141652 03561652 061652 03561652 03561652 0 P 01
024564 35 142712 03562712 062712 03562712 03562712 0 P 01
024564 35 143712 03563712 063712 03563712 03563712 0 P 01
024564 35 143752 03563752 063752 063752 000000 0 P 01
024564 35 145552 03565552 065552 03565552 03565552 0 P 01
024564 35 145652 03565652 065652 065652 000000 0 P 01
024622 35 141412 03561412 116365 03561412 03561412 0 P 02
024622 35 141452 03561452 116325 03561452 03561452 0 P 02
024622 35 141512 03561512 116265 03561512 03561512 0 P 02
024622 35 141552 03561552 116225 03561552 03561552 0 P 02
I was expecting bad and xor to be 16bit values, but they appear to be
mostly 22bit addresses. But then again this isn’t a DEC board.
The board itself is labeled with bits 0-7 P0 P1 8-15 across the top and
8 rows of chips (MT4264-15). Any suggestions as to which chip might be
suspect?
Jerry
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