AlphaBIOS to SRM (and back?)

[Victor R. Cain]

Folks,

I downloaded the SRM 5.3-3 rom image from Microway, since they said
it was necessary to convert to SRM from AlphaBIOS with a "lx164"
motherboard. AlphaBIOS was able to load this image (overwriting itself
of course) and SRM 5.3-3 just gives me the same D/CSOF (Digital/Compaq
Screen of Death) that other versions of SRM did. The only difference seems
to be that this one really overwrote AlphaBIOS and I can't get it back.

I can execute AlphaBIOS by using the fail-safe boot jumper (which looks
for a rom image on a floppy to load) and using a diskette with
"lx164nt.rom"
for AlphaBIOS 5.66 on it. When I then try to upgrade the flash ROM (using
the Upgrade option in ALphaBIOS), I get a screen that looks like every
thing
is ok, a window with:
-- loading lx164nt.rom --
Upgrade AlphaBIOS
Old version: SRM Console 5.3-3
New version: AlphaBIOS 5.66
F10 to continue

When I continue, I get an error window that says:
--ROM Update Failure --
An unknown error condition occurred during ROM update.

My only goal at this point is to get my system, including AlphaBIOS, back.
I am convinced that God did not intend the lx164 to use SRM.

Any suggestions, short of replacing the motherboard with an Intel, would be
greatly appreciated.

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[Rich Payne]

On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Victor R. Cain wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I downloaded the SRM 5.3-3 rom image from Microway, since they said
> it was necessary to convert to SRM from AlphaBIOS with a "lx164"
> motherboard. AlphaBIOS was able to load this image (overwriting itself
> of course) and SRM 5.3-3 just gives me the same D/CSOF (Digital/Compaq
> Screen of Death) that other versions of SRM did.

What is this "Screen of Death"?

> The only difference seems
> to be that this one really overwrote AlphaBIOS and I can't get it back.
>
> I can execute AlphaBIOS by using the fail-safe boot jumper (which looks
> for a rom image on a floppy to load) and using a diskette with
> "lx164nt.rom"
> for AlphaBIOS 5.66 on it. When I then try to upgrade the flash ROM (using
> the Upgrade option in ALphaBIOS), I get a screen that looks like every
> thing
> is ok, a window with:
> -- loading lx164nt.rom --
> Upgrade AlphaBIOS
> Old version: SRM Console 5.3-3
> New version: AlphaBIOS 5.66
> F10 to continue
>
> When I continue, I get an error window that says:
> --ROM Update Failure --
> An unknown error condition occurred during ROM update.
>
> My only goal at this point is to get my system, including AlphaBIOS, back.
> I am convinced that God did not intend the lx164 to use SRM.

I have several all running SRM quite happily so I'm afriad that's not
true.

> Any suggestions, short of replacing the motherboard with an Intel, would be
> greatly appreciated.

Try a different version of AlphaBIOS and/or SRM. Make sure the write
protect jumper isn't on. Make another floppy of the image...

---rdp

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