Summary of original posting about upgrading 3000/400.
Thanks guys for the answers and thanks most of all to Terje Sten Bjerkseth
of Norway. He writes as follows:
Yes, this is a known problem. It is documented in the errata sheet for
the firmware release notes. I believe it was stapled with the other
release addendums. It is probably a good idea to read all the docs,
particularly the release notes, addendums and the other extras that
accompany the manuals. OTOH, IMHO, Digital should have used bigger letters
on this warning, I've seen that lots of people have run into the
same problem...
To see if a system has the problem, use >>> SHOW CONFIG. In the CPU-line
(KN-*), you'll get a long list of values. In there somewhere, you
should see e.g. "---v2.1---" if you have 2.1, or "--v1.0--" or "--v1.?--"
if you have the wrong version. You can also open the system up. The SROM
is at the right front on the main CPU board. The correct version should be
dated DEC94 or later.
---- mine was 2.1 and boy did it trash the system. The errata sheet was
enclosed and it does give the information-- top back of the page-- my wife
claims that I am blind, but the sheet has gotten inside one of the other
manuals and until I when specifically looking for it --- Oh well
Terje also replied with the part number for the updated SROM
The chip I got from Digital is marked
333E7/9422
(C)DEC94
The part # is 23-333E7. I believe this is customer replaceable,
at least I did it myself, but you might want to check your
service contract...
----- I am check now on the cost of the part.
Bob Grandle
NASA Langley Research Center
Received on Fri Jul 28 1995 - 16:23:49 NZST