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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: vs 4060 to vs 4090 upgrade bombs....
- Date: 19 Nov 1992 15:57:03 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- References: <1992Nov19.140745.19214@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov19.140745.19214@midway.uchicago.edu>, newark@befvax.uchicago.edu (Tom Newark) writes:
- =Over the last 2 days i've been trying to upgrade my vs 4000 model 60 to a
- =model 90. After installing the hardware upgrade (i have 128 meg of memory and
- =an spxgt graphics board) and loading the operating system (remastered
- =vms 5.5-2) from scratch (they sent me an os kit that only allows installs
- =no upgrades) the system loads fine, but crashes at the drop of a hat....
- =
- =I can log in decwindows but if I try to end the session the machine crashes.
- =If I run a large program from the os (with or without decwindows loaded) the
- =system also crashes.
- =
- =When I say crashes I mean the workstation screen goes black, and sometimes the
- =message
- =
- =?33 unxint
- =
- =is displayed, sometimes not. Then the machine goes into a cold boot (memory
- =test and all). This is very frustrating....I've sat through a 128 meg memory
- =test hundreds of times....
- =
- =I've been able to boot the model 60 spxgt under 5.5-2 remastered, so I'm
- =beginning to think I have a bad model 90 motherboard. Has anyone else seen
- =this or have any ideas?
-
- Have I seen it? No. Do I have any ideas? Yes. You might want to take a look
- at ERRLOG.SYS to see whether your machine's noticing any problems with itself.
-
- Btw. I suspect that unxint means "unexpected interrupt."
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- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
-
- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-