me@spirea.UiB.NO (My Account) (04/12/91)
Hi all. Good news today - my upgrade arrived in its entirety :-) 2.0 upgrade went smoothly (I'm on a 030 cube with optical and 40mb accelerator, 16 MB RAM) 040 upgrade wasn't any problem either, I (wisely) have been collecting comp.sys.next articles in anticipation of this ;-) Maneuvered around the twists of the new optical data cable and the turns of filter installation... Figured I can use the SIMM puller on my teeth after the upgrade - hey gang, this'll be fun! I powered up, and before I got a chance to see some real action, got the ROM monitor instead - 8-( I was wondering if there was anybody out there in netland who know what: "Exception #2 (0x8) at 0x1004046" means??? memory seems fine (it worked when I put it back in the 030...), 1/2 is parity (I bought) and 1/2 isn't (NeXT original) but parity is disabled. "bod" gives nothing - the system hangs. single user mode ditto. I checked all the cables. Twice. I even tried some spares. No go. Yes, I've contacted NeXT, and of course been referred to B'Land (a firesale baby). Left a msg at B'Land - hope they call back sometime soon... If anyone has had a similar experience, feel free to share it with me, and what you had to do to fix things right. Thanks. sincerely, "halfway there" BTW - thanks to all those who tried to help with installing the Conner CP3100, I tried with 2.0 and got what else? - an error message. I'm returning the drive under warranty and requesting a Quantum in the same (sane?) size in return. Thor-Lee Legvold University of Bergen Norway (no - there aren't polar bears in the streets, so don't ask) ppstl@nobergen.earn (or .bitnet) ppstl@cc.uib.no and now on NeXT... (this ones still working :-) me@fiol.uib.no -- Thor-Lee Legvold | ppstl@nobergen.earn (or .bitnet) University of Bergen | ppstl@cc.uib.no NORWAY | and now on NeXT... Hvor mye for datter'n din...? | me@fiol.uib.no
kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L Shephard) (04/15/91)
In article <1991Apr11.225639.17131@ulrik.uio.no> me@spirea.UiB.NO (My Account) writes: >Hi all. > >Good news today - my upgrade arrived in its entirety :-) > >2.0 upgrade went smoothly (I'm on a 030 cube with optical and 40mb accelerator, 16 MB RAM) > >040 upgrade wasn't any problem either, I (wisely) have been collecting comp.sys.next articles in anticipation of this ;-) > stuff deleted. > >I was wondering if there was anybody out there in netland who know what: > >"Exception #2 (0x8) at 0x1004046" means??? I had the same problem while doing my upgrade. > >memory seems fine (it worked when I put it back in the 030...), 1/2 is parity (I bought) and 1/2 isn't (NeXT original) but parity is disabled. >"bod" gives nothing - the system hangs. >single user mode ditto. I checked all the cables. Twice. I even tried some spares. No go. > It IS a memeory problem. For some reason the NeXT wants to see parity memory before it sees non-parity memory, even if parity checking is disabled. I have 8meg non-parity and 4 meg parity. I tried all combination of 4 meg blocks and the only one that worked was 4 meg parity first, 8 meg non parity last. I did that and it boots with no problem. >Yes, I've contacted NeXT, and of course been referred to B'Land (a firesale baby). Left a msg at B'Land - hope they call back sometime soon... > >If anyone has had a similar experience, feel free to share it with me, and what you had to do to fix things right. > like I said my problem was exactly the same last week. Try my solution and let me know what happens. >Thanks. > >sincerely, >"halfway there" > >Thor-Lee Legvold | ppstl@nobergen.earn (or .bitnet) >University of Bergen | ppstl@cc.uib.no >NORWAY | and now on NeXT... >Hvor mye for datter'n din...? | me@fiol.uib.no Good luck, KeNT -- /* -The opinions expressed are my own, not my employers. */ /* For I can only express my own opinions. */ /* */ /* Kent L. Shephard : email - kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com */