Well, I did the fail-safe load today, and here's the output... (It
definitely seems to point to the Flash memory chips now...)

I tried it a second time, and at boot up I got the message:
*** no timer interrupts on CPU  0 ***
then it said that the CPU speed of my 233 is 125 MHz! The re-load of the
firmware got identical output tho...

Does this give anyone any idea as to where the chips are on the board, or
where/what to look for? I can get new ones soldered on by my brother. (he
did a nice job with a 166 that suffered Multia H.D.S!)

Here's the output...........

Updating ARC...

ROM BASE = 38400000; MFG ID = 89; DEV ID = 9d
Wrong ROM vendor. AMD or Intel Parts expected.

Verifying...
not equal at 00000006  AA  8A
not equal at 00000007  FF  DF
not equal at 00000009  31  11
not equal at 0000000A  2E  0E
not equal at 0000000B  31  11
not equal at 0000000C  20  00
not equal at 0000000D  20  00
not equal at 0000000E  20  00
not equal at 0000000F  20  00
not equal at 00000013  20  00
more than 10 errors occurred, errors no longer printed
A total of 112049 bits did not verify
Update encountered errors.

***clipped***

Updating SRM...

ROM BASE = 38000000; MFG ID = 89; DEV ID = 9d
Wrong ROM vendor. AMD or Intel Parts expected.

****this section was identical***

more than 10 errors occurred, errors no longer printed
A total of 1735619 bits did not verify
Update encountered errors.



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> ----------
> From: 	David Woyciesjes
> Sent: 	Thursday, June 8, 2000 3:35 PM
> To: 	'''port-alpha@netbsd.org' ' '
> Subject: 	Multia diagnostic translation needed
> 
> I have a Multia, VX42B-F2 ( 233 MHz) ...
> 
> I try to start it ( no drives connected, 64 MB RAM installed ) the
> diagnostic light comes on and flashes a repeating pattern of  long, then
> short. It also comes out of the speaker with alternating high/low tomes,
> alongside the flashing light... The manual says it's a hex code, but I
> don't
> know how to translate it... Previous owner says this means it's "bad flash
> memory"... If so, I would assume that the group of chips under the floppy
> drive that have "Flash (some other info)" are the flash memory chips?
> 
> ---   David A Woyciesjes
> ---   C & IS Support Specialist
> ---   Yale University Press
> ---   mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu
> ---   (203) 432-0953
> ---   ICQ # - 905818
> 
> 
>