Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ames!amdahl!JUTS!duts!kls30 From: kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L Shephard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: CAN U DIG IT? (Thanks too) Message-ID: Date: 15 Apr 91 16:52:19 GMT References: <1991Apr11.225639.17131@ulrik.uio.no> Sender: netnews@ccc.amdahl.com Reply-To: kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L. Shephard) Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 53 In article <1991Apr11.225639.17131@ulrik.uio.no> me@spirea.UiB.NO (My Account) writes: >Hi all. > >Good news today - my upgrade arrived in its entirety :-) > >2.0 upgrade went smoothly (I'm on a 030 cube with optical and 40mb accelerator, 16 MB RAM) > >040 upgrade wasn't any problem either, I (wisely) have been collecting comp.sys.next articles in anticipation of this ;-) > stuff deleted. > >I was wondering if there was anybody out there in netland who know what: > >"Exception #2 (0x8) at 0x1004046" means??? I had the same problem while doing my upgrade. > >memory seems fine (it worked when I put it back in the 030...), 1/2 is parity (I bought) and 1/2 isn't (NeXT original) but parity is disabled. >"bod" gives nothing - the system hangs. >single user mode ditto. I checked all the cables. Twice. I even tried some spares. No go. > It IS a memeory problem. For some reason the NeXT wants to see parity memory before it sees non-parity memory, even if parity checking is disabled. I have 8meg non-parity and 4 meg parity. I tried all combination of 4 meg blocks and the only one that worked was 4 meg parity first, 8 meg non parity last. I did that and it boots with no problem. >Yes, I've contacted NeXT, and of course been referred to B'Land (a firesale baby). Left a msg at B'Land - hope they call back sometime soon... > >If anyone has had a similar experience, feel free to share it with me, and what you had to do to fix things right. > like I said my problem was exactly the same last week. Try my solution and let me know what happens. >Thanks. > >sincerely, >"halfway there" > >Thor-Lee Legvold | ppstl@nobergen.earn (or .bitnet) >University of Bergen | ppstl@cc.uib.no >NORWAY | and now on NeXT... >Hvor mye for datter'n din...? | me@fiol.uib.no Good luck, KeNT -- /* -The opinions expressed are my own, not my employers. */ /* For I can only express my own opinions. */ /* */ /* Kent L. Shephard : email - kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com */