DEC 3000 (alpha) faultfinding

[emanuel stiebler]

On 2018-03-29 06:27, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote:

> 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.  

It would defeat the purpose of a RAM test, using the caches ;-)

> 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.

Reseat them, test one by one, ...

Drivers gone, power to the modules