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Conference akocoa::decpc_portables

Title:	DECpc _Portables

Moderator:	PCBUOA::GLANTZ

Created:	Wed May 08 1991
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2423
Total number of notes:	11059

2298.0. "Ultra II - FATAL - ROM CHECKSUM INCORRECT" by SNLV01::LEE () Wed Feb 05 1997 22:03

    Has anyone seen this message when booting an Ultra II with the Mobile
    Media attached?  Apart from switching it off and then on again, are
    there any fixes for it?  BIOS is 2.10  This symtom is quite
    intermittent but I've seen it on a number of Ultra IIs.  Booting with a
    Mobile Media doesn't get this message.
    
    Thanks,
    Bernard

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2298.1	Correction	SNLV01::LEE		`Wed Feb 05 1997 22:08`	6
	re: .0 I meant to say, if booting WITHOUT the Mobile Media attached, one doesn't get this message. Bernard
2298.2	Escalate this one to the PCBU	PCBUOA::GLANTZ		`Thu Feb 06 1997 16:40`	6
	Bernard, please report this problem through the normal channel. We have heard of this problem from Europe, and we need a thorough report in order to pursue this one to resolution. Thanks, Richard
2298.3	Same problem! Any solution yet?	NETRIX::"pretorius@mail.dec.com"	Nico Pretorius	`Tue Feb 18 1997 05:54`	18
	Any news on this problem? I have also seen this problem on a number of Ultra II's and pressing the reset switch usually gets me out of it, but at the moment I have a LTS5150 on BIOS 2.10 (FR-P8FWG-AE) with a 6 X Mobile Media Unit (Rev B05) with a 3COM 3C562B/3C563B (REV: A) combo card. If I do a Shutdown in Win95 (FIS installed) and I switch it on again the ROM checksum error is there every time when I leave all the above named PCMCIA devices in their slots during this procedure. If however I do a Shutdown and Restart in Win95 or if I remove the 3COM PCMCIA card before I power it on the problem doesn't occur. Regards Nico MCS South Africa [Posted by WWW Notes gateway]