[Info-vax] Personal Workstation 433 rescue guidance

[Larkin Nickle]

> What's your budget? Too far into this effort, and maybe acquiring an 
> AlphaServer DS10 or AlphaServer DS15 from elsewhere is cheaper, if you 
> really want Alpha and not AXPbox, etc. 
> 

I do have some other (working) Alpha hardware, it'd just be nice to get this machine working too if possible.

> No beeps tends to mean a (partial) power supply failure, or a main 
> board failure, or a processor failure. Check the power supply voltage 
> setting, too—these didn't auto-sense, IIRC. 
> 
> http://sup.xenya.si/sup/info/digital/MDS/jun99/Cd2/PC/B30WWSMA.PDF 
> 
> These DEC boxes (DPWS, XP1000) are increasingly problematic in recent 
> years generally, due to corrosion, component failures, and plastic 
> parts shattering. 

The power supply voltage setting is set properly, and the PSU is outputting the proper voltages on the proper pins - I checked that as well. I guess the most likely things are that I have a dead CPU or mobo indeed.