[Info-vax] Alphaserver service/repair recommendations

[Tom Adams]

On Sunday, February 14, 2016 at 10:23:45 PM UTC-5, David Froble wrote:
> 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.

One might need a license upgrade to move from a 2100, right?