Re: More 5000/200 questions...

On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 10:16:50AM +1000, Simon Burge wrote:
> Sean Davis wrote:
> 
> > Okay, I ran 'test' on my 5000/200, and I'm not entirely sure how to
> > interpret the results. I'm thinking they mean bad RAM, but hopefully someone
> > on this list can clarify for me:
> > 
> > >>test
> > ?TFL: 6/ram [PMAD-AA] (2: adrs=0xbf800414, rd=0x55545555, xpct=0x55555555)
> > ?TFL: 6/int-lb [PMAD-AA] (7: CRC=0x54f905f9, xpctd=0xed02de11)
> > ?TFL: 6/ram [PMAD-AA] (2: adrs=0xbf800414, rd=0x55545555, xpct=0x55555555)
> > ?TFL: 6/int-lb [PMAD-AA] (7: CRC=0x54f905f9, xpctd=0xed02de11)
> > >>
> > 
> > adrs == address, xpct == expect, xpctd == expected, I assume?
> > 
> > The thing that makes me wonder is...
> > >>cnfg
> >  7: KN02-AA  DEC      V5.3t    TCF0  (0220cpu with  48 MB memory)
> >  6: PMAD-AA  DEC      V5.3a    TCF0  (enet: 08-00-2b-1b-c6-a4)
> >  5: PMAZ-AA  DEC      V5.3d    TCF0  (SCSI = 7)
> > 
> > so 6/* is stuff on the onboard ethernet, is it not?
> 
> Yes, "slot 6" is the on-board ethernet.  I wonder if those errors means
> that there's some sort of RAM (a buffer maybe) in the ethernet hardware?

That's the only conclusion I could come up with.

> If those are the only errors (and if they really mean your on-board
> ethernet is not happy), you should still be able to plug a PMAD ethernet
> card into one of the TurboChannel slots and use that instead.

Well, I've got two of these machines, only one is hooked up, because only
one has any RAM in it. If anybody has any suggestions for testing whether
it's actually a bad NIC on the motherboard, I'll just swap the ram (though I
was told that RAM for these boxes can only be pulled/plugged so many times
before it dies, I'd think it should be able to survive once if I'm
careful...)

But, in either case: any pointers as to where I could find a PMAD card on
the cheap?

Also, I'm not positive that the test fail (TFL == test fail?) means that the
ethernet chipset itself is hosed, or something connection-wise is hosed, as
the 5000's connection is rather convoluted.

-Sean