The fix was to download and install the latest Firmware Update - Version 5.3 from Digipaq.
It was uncanny that Sam Matson had a related question about creating a bootable FW diskette.
I prudently did rename the exe file to fwupdate.exe and had no problem.
Just one note of irony:
After booting the 4.0D CD, the first of the installation screens has an entry
for the date.... mm-dd-yy. That's right - a 2 digit year field on the first Y2K "ready" OS from Digipaq!
Not very encouraging is it?? I only hope the yy thing ends there.
Hey! Thanks to :
Bill Mills
Joe Fletcher
And Sean O'Connell who wrote this comment - on the money !
On 1999 Apr 13, Wayne Sweatt (aka sweatt_at_dps.state.nm.us) wrote:
> While I'm waiting for Digital/Compaq Support to call me back.....
>
> I just tried to install Firmware Update V5.0 on a Digital SN-3AAA-P2 Personal Workstation (Alpha).
> It detects/selects the appropriate executable to be run for the install and I run it.
> I then get the error that there is an unsupported device in slot 4. I get out the manual
> that came with the workstation and find that my video card is in slot 4.
I think that you want to get the latest firmware upgrade for these puppies (v5.3). See:
http://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/Alpha/firmware/readmes/dpw433.html
Download digitalpw_v6_9a.exe and install it either by following the directions to create a bootable floppy or by using bootp/joind + tftp to flash the firmware.
> I pull the video card and it's a Digital SN-PBXGK-AA. Digital. It's Digital.
> What do you mean unsupported? Any way, I thought maybe someone else out there
> has had this problem before. Also... someone please refresh my memory -
I believe that is the Elsa Gloria card. Hardware support for the card probably postdates the v5.0 firmware (which is pretty old).
> What would I need the ECU diskette V1.11A for? What does it have that I would need?
You shouldn't need ECU for the Personal workstations.
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Sean O'Connell
Received on Tue Apr 13 1999 - 23:02:27 NZST