DEC 3000 (alpha) faultfinding

[Douglas Taylor]

On 3/29/2018 8:27 AM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote:
>>
>> I have a functioning Alpha 3000 300, perhaps it can help with some of 
>> the questions you have.
>> Doug
>>
>
> Many thanks for the offer Doug.  However, I can't think of anything I can
> ask you to do right now.
>
> On my machine, the mini console memory test reports that all the 
> memory is
> bad in pretty much all locations and the errors are different each time I
> run the test.  I think it is extremely unlikely that all the memory 
> has gone
> bad simultaneously so I think I should investigate other possible 
> causes.  In
> light of the cache errors uncovered on my 600, I wonder if bad cache 
> could
> be the culprit here too.  Or maybe there is no power to the SIMM slots or
> something else silly like that.  I think I need to do some further 
> digging.
>
> Regards,
> Peter Coghlan.

I enjoy eavesdropping on this conversation, it has made me aware of 
something I didn't know about the machines I have in my collection.

Doug