[Info-vax] Alphaserver service/repair recommendations

[David Froble]

rcyoung wrote:
> On Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 6:14:47 PM UTC-5, rcyoung wrote:
>> On Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 3:41:43 PM UTC-5, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
>>> On 2/13/2016 2:36 PM, rcyoung wrote:
>>>> Any recommendations on where to obtain service on a 2100 4/233 OpenVMS
>>>> system? South Carolina or Georgia would be best, but I'll look at more
>>>> distant providers too.
>>> I don't have an answer to your question, but you might improve your chances
>>> of getting help if you can describe the problem with the system.
>>>
>>> It's been said (although not in a while) that "terse questions beget terse answers".
>>>
>>> -- 
>>>                   -- Rob
>> Sorry for any confusion... here are the details...
>>
>> I have an Alphaserver 2100 4/233 running OpenVMS giving the following error on power up.
>>
>> Interrupt through vector 660 on cpu 0
>> starting console on cpu 0
>> breakpoint at PC 130c98 desired, XDELTA not loaded
>>
>> It was just rolling the error msg again and again....but the last time I powered up I did not even get the error or a prompt of any kind. The LED display showed it doing internal tests however.
>>
>> I was able to move drives over to a second machine, but also noticed that one drive is not even being recognized on the second system ( but a replacement drive is), so something is bonkers with that disk too. 
>>
>> When it rains it pours...
> 
> Update: error message noted before is back....infinitely repeating.......with no drives in system. 

Have you looked at using a bit newer Alpha?  That 2100 is an EV4, if I remember 
correctly.  An AlphaServer 800, 1200, DS10, DS20, and such might be smaller, 
better, and easier to maintain.  That's if you aren't stuck on the 2100 for some 
reason.