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Conference nesbit::axppci

Title:	AXPpci OEM conference
Notice:	Welcome Bienvenue Wilkommen !
Moderator:	IRNBRU::MCNABONG

Created:	Wed Sep 14 1994
Last Modified:	Wed Apr 23 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	303
Total number of notes:	1365

300.0. "Bug with V1.6 firmware upgrade?" by MQOOA::LEDOUX (Vincent Ledoux@mail.dec.com) Tue Feb 18 1997 20:05

    I already asked Dave P., but is anyone ever succeeded
    upgrading the newst AXPPci33 firmware (1.6) from the 
    v3.8 CDrom?
    
    My customer says it works fine with the 1.5 CD/floppy,
    but 1.6 goes into a black screen mode, nothing on
    the S3 graphic adapter, nothing on COM1.   A power reset
    brings it back alive to V1.5
    
    Originaly his boards came with v1.4
    
    I do not have my AXPpci mounted and it would be a 
    major pain to try to get it going again.  He only
    has 1.6 ftp'ed from the main web site.
    
    Any info welcome.
    
    Vince.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
300.1	More Info Required	IRNBRU::GRANT	Iain Grant, E&RT, DTN 823-3532	`Fri Feb 21 1997 11:54`	9
	Vince, I have tried the CD on AXPpci33 and it worked on 166/233 systems without any problems. What is the configuration of the box so I can re-try. Iain Grant DMCC Product Support Engineer
300.2	More to come but...	MQOOA::LEDOUX	Vincent Ledoux@mail.dec.com	`Fri Feb 21 1997 17:26`	26
	Thanks Iain, I do not have the exact config, but he told me he is using some S3 trio VGA and basically nothing else out of the ordinary. (SCSI CDROM, floppy etc..) I suspect that it may be either a bad board (he only tried this on one board) or some garbage left in the NVram. I have had problem with this (see my note 6 months ago). I asked him to swap the dallas chip and try an other board. If the Dallas, it should be easy to fix, if not, he will send me the board so i can have a close look at it. A hint that lead me to believe that the NVRAM may be bad. is that when he use the SRM console doing a "show" crashes the system and does a reboot. (Console v1.5) I am waiting for the customer answer. I will be updating this note. Good day, Vince.
300.3	Interim....	GGONE::PIERSON		`Fri Feb 21 1997 18:46`	13
	interim... based on discussion off line with Vince, i pulled a floppy copy of the arc .exe off the publically mounted copy of the FW CD. I used that to sucessfully update an axppci 33. (System and i am in Ayr, this is posted via eXcursion to my vms box, in SHR. thence BACK to the notes file in Ayr. The excursion is running on the AXPpci 33 updated as a test: 233 Mhz, 32 M, 500M drive, Stealth/ISA Video) regards dwp
300.4	Beware.	MQOOA::LEDOUX	Vincent Ledoux@mail.dec.com	`Tue Feb 25 1997 16:18`	14
	According to the feedback from my customer... The problem is that the new firmware upgrade program does not like the S3 Vision 968. (beware: It also do not work anymore with the ATI.) If you upgrade the firmware using some other graphic adapter, then the S3 can be put back and work under firmware 1.6 Regards, Vince.
300.5	No S3 Vision 968	HELIX::SONTAKKE		`Mon Mar 03 1997 19:23`	5
	Assuming you guys are talking about SRM console (and probably Digital UNIX) S3 Vision 968 was never supported card. Put S3 Trio 64 there (the Digital buyout card, find the part number from the SPD) - Vikas