[comp.os.vms] VAXstation 2000 Memory Upgrade

schmidt@sysjj.mdcbbs.com ( Allen Schmidt ) (05/28/91)

>  Here's the situation:
> 
>    We have 2 VAXstation 2000's that we recently bought 3rd party memory for to
>    max them out at 14 Mb ,we are having a problem getting one of the stations
>    to recognize all 12Mb on the board. 
> 
>    TAC1 = VAXstation 2000, Satellite in LAVC. Has a local RD54. Running VMS
>    5.3-1. Originally had 6 Mb ( 4Mb + 2 Mb resident ). Swapped out the	  4Mb
>    DEC board and installed a 3rd party 12Mb board. Booted the system up, did
>    show memory and there is was 14mb.
> 
>    TAC2 = VAXstation 2000, Standalone system with RD54 and TK50 in an expansion
>    box. Running VMS 5.4-1. Same memory config as TAC1. Swapped out the 4MB
>    board, rebooted the system. When I do a show memory, only 4Mb show up. Had
>    our hardware FE do the installation and he was at a loss as to what is going
>    on. He ran diagnostics, negative.  
> 
>    If anyone has run into this before, or has any
>    ideas/hints/suggestions/words_of_wisdom reagarding this problem i would
>    appreciate any and all. 
> 
 
 I posted the preceeding last week and received numerous replies. To all those
who responded THANKS!. The problem turned out to be the revision level of the
PROM. It was only 2.0 and needs to be at 2.3 or higher. I have the update kit
on order and it should be installed some time this week. This was definitly
something I wouldn't have considered without a push in the right direction. 
I'll post a followup after the new PROM is installed. Again, thanks to all who
responded.

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