My original question:
> I'm running DU V4.0 (not A or B, just 4.0) on an Alphastation 255.
> Actually I have 2 of these systems. Both frequently "lock up" and
> only a hard reset can get them back to life. They are both new machines.
> When the first one started acting up we called Digital, and after the
> usual runaround we finally got them to log in and look at our logs.
> They determined it was "timeouts to the video card" causing the
> CPU EXCEPTIONS that show up in the uerf. While we were waiting for
> DEC to come replace the video card we started using the second machine.
> It started acting the same way, and was getting the same CPU EXCEPTIONS.
>
> I poked around the archives of this list and found a couple of messages
> that indicated I may need a newer release of the Open3D drivers. The
> only thing is, these messages referened specifically to DU 4.0 A and B,
> but not plain old 4.0. I'm wondering if this will solve my problem too?
>
> Other info that may be helpful:
> - The video card: PCXGB-AA/CA PCI Graphics option.
> - We have a 3rd Alphastation 255 that is about a year old. It has
> a #9 video card in it and shows none of this behavior running the
> same OS and software. This tells me the problem is directly
> related to this particular video card.
> - When we first booted up these new machines the resolution was all
> wrong and we had to use a little tuning knob on the side of the
> video card to get it right. I thought this was kind of wierd.
>
Thanks for replies to:
Petri Kallberg <kallu_at_islay.fno.dec.com>
Dr. Thomas Blinn <tpb_at_zk3.dec.com>
In short, installing the Open3D drivers should fix my problem. My concern
was that I was never using Open3D before. In fact, I never even had it
installed, but according to what I've learned the Open3D software contains
newer versions of the PBXGB-AA and PBXGB-CA video board device drivers and
these newer versions are supposed to fix the problem, whether you actually
use Open3D or not. I have installed the Open3D software kits needed and so
far so good, although we haven't really beat on the system yet, and we have
no know way to easily repeat the problem. So we'll just wait a couple of
days and if it doesn't lock up we'll assume the fix worked.
In the mean time, I've come across another problem with the screen
resolution, but I'll send that along in another message.
Thanks again,
Mike
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Michael Galuza
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Received on Tue Jul 01 1997 - 20:13:50 NZST