[Info-vax] Alphaserver service/repair recommendations

[David Froble]

Tom Adams wrote:
> 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? 
> 

Or perhaps just a transfer.  A 2100 might have a higher level license than a 
newer system.