Hi all,

I have a problem with a PC164 board. I've got this board with ARC 
console installed and I desided to update to SRM console. I downloaded 
the nessesary tools (fwupdate.exe, pc164srm.rom) and started with the 
update process. The procedure finished successfull and everything was 
looking fine (see below). I left the computer alone for about 30 minutes 
and after that break the maschine was dead, no reboot was able, nothing. 
The only sign is an average symbol ("ø") at power on.
What has happened and what can I do now?

bye....
Michael



Update:

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Initializing device drivers: ...OK.
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The firm
ware has found that some information ºº in the NVRAM of your machine
is inconsistent. ºº The problem areas are: º
º ºº
ºº >33mEnvironment variables (
must be fixed) >34mºº >33mConfiguration tree (must be fixe
d) >34mºº ºº
If a problem is labelled as "must be fixed", ºº you must cor
rect it before Windows NT can be ºº booted or installed. A problem
without this ºº label might not affect Windows NT, but you ºº
should fix it at some point anyway. ºº
ºº Select "Set up the system" from
the ºº Supplementary menu to correct these problems. ºº
ºº Please wait.
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ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ Alpha Firmware Version 4.48
Copyright (c) 1993-1996 Microsoft Corporation
Copyright (c) 1993-1996 Digital Equipment Corporation

Digital Semiconductor
A Digital Equipment Corporation business
May 1996

Boot menu:
Use the arrow keys to select, then press Enter.

1. No boot selections, press any key to continue
2. Boot an alternate operating system...
3. Run a program...
4. Supplementary menu...

Enter your selection: 4
 >K>K>K>K Alpha Firmware Version 4.48
Copyright (c) 1993-1996 Microsoft Corporation
Copyright (c) 1993-1996 Digital Equipment Corporation

Digital Semiconductor
A Digital Equipment Corporation business
May 1996

Supplementary menu:
Use the arrow keys to select, then press Enter.

1. Install new firmware...
2. Install Windows NT from CD-ROM
3. Set up the system...
4. Display hardware configuration
5. Boot menu...

Enter your selection: 3
 >K>K>K>K>K Alpha Firmware Version 4.48
Copyright (c) 1993-1996 Microsoft Corporation
Copyright (c) 1993-1996 Digital Equipment Corporation

Digital Semiconductor
A Digital Equipment Corporation business
May 1996

Setup menu:
Use the arrow keys to select, then press Enter.
 >33m The yellow items should be done before booting Windows NT.>37m
1. >37m Set system time...>37m
2. >33m->Set default environment variables...>37m
3. >33m->Set default configuration...>37m

5. >37m Manage boot selection menu...>37m
6. >37m Setup autoboot...>37m
7. >37m Machine specific setup...>37m

9. >37m Edit environment variables...>37m
10. >37m Reset system to factory defaults...>37m

12. >37m Help>37m

14. >37m Supplementary menu, and do not save changes...>37m

Enter your selection: 5
 >K>K>K>K>K>K>K>K>K>K>K>K>K>K Alpha Firmware Version 4.48
Copyright (c) 1993-1996 Microsoft Corporation
Copyright (c) 1993-1996 Digital Equipment Corporation

Digital Semiconductor
A Digital Equipment Corporation business
May 1996

Boot selections menu:
Use the arrow keys to select, then press Enter.

1. Add a boot selection...
2. Change a boot selection...
3. Verify boot selections
4. Delete a boot selection...
5. Dump boot selections
6. Rearrange boot selections...
7. Setup menu...

Enter your selection: 7
 >K>K>K>K>K>K>K Alpha Firmware Version 4.48
Copyright (c) 1993-1996 Microsoft Corporation
Copyright (c) 1993-1996 Digital Equipment Corporation

Digital Semiconductor
A Digital Equipment Corporation business
May 1996

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Update




Copyright (c) 1993-1996 Microsoft Corporation
Copyright (c) 1993-1996 Digital Equipment Corporation

Digital Semiconductor
A Digital Equipment Corporation business
May 1996

Supplementary menu:
Use the arrow keys to select, then press Enter.

1. Install new firmware...
2. Install Windows NT from CD-ROM
3. Set up the system...
4. Display hardware configuration
5. Boot menu...

Enter your selection: 1
 >K>K>K>K>KSearching for the update tool on CD-ROM and floppy...
Timeout on keyboard controller or keyboard initialization.
All I/O is going to serial port #1.

Initializing firmware update.

øEUREURøN No mouse detected.

Initializing device drivers: ...OK.

Initializing Flash Driver: Intel 28F008SA
Firmware Update menu:
Firmware Update menu:

1. Update Firmware
3. Restart the system

N - Next menu (if any)...
P - Previous menu (if any)...

Enter your selection: 1
Locating Image: multi()disk()fdisk()\pc164srm.rom
Loading multi()disk()fdisk()\pc164srm.rom...done
Checking Image...OK

Really update flash with 'multi()disk()fdisk()\pc164srm.rom'?
1. Yes
2. No

Enter your selection: 1
Flashing image at offset 0x10000


Writing Flash Block: 1W 2W 3W 4W 5W 6W 7W 8W 9W
Verifying Flash Block: 1V 2V 3V 4V 5V 6V 7V 8V 9V
Console selection does not match flashed image. Console selection: 
Windows NT
New Firmware: OpenVMSUpdate console selection?
1. Yes
2. No

Enter your selection: 1
Console selection set to OpenVMS

Flash Update Complete.
Press any key to continue...
Firmware Update menu:
Firmware Update menu:

1. Update Firmware
3. Restart the system

N - Next menu (if any)...
P - Previous menu (if any)...

Enter your selection: 3
Restarting the system

Image found at 10000
Image base in flash is 80300000
Jumping to new image at 300000...
Address = 00300000
Memory Size = 08000000
Clock Cycle Period = 00000aac
System Revision = decb0001
Active Processors = 00000001
System Context Value = 00000000
*** keyboard not plugged in...
ff.fe.fd.fc.fb.fa.f9.f8.f7.f6.f5.f3.f2.f1.f0.
ef.b0.b1.b2.b3.ee.ed.ec.f4.eb.ea.e9.e8.e7.

Digital AlphaPC 164 366 MHz Console V5.5-1, Jul 14 1999 12:37:45
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NAME
help
FUNCTION
Display information about console commands.
SYNOPSIS
help [<command>...]
Command synopsis conventions:
<item> Implies a placeholder for user specified item.
<item>... Implies an item or list of items.
[] Implies optional keyword or item.
{a,b,c} Implies any one of a, b, c.
{a|b|c} Implies any combination of a, b, c.

The following help topics are available:

alloc boot bpt break bufcat

call cat check chmod clear

cmp continue crash crc deposit

dynamic echo edit eval ewrk3_config

examine exer exer_read exer_write exit

false find_field free gray grep

halt hd help index initialize

isacfg isp1020_edit kill kill_diags line

ls man memexer memtest more

net nettest ps rm sa

semaphore set set host shell show

show cluster show config show hwrpb show iobq show map

show memory show_status sleep sort sound

sp start stop strings sys_exer

test tgatest tr true uniq

update uptime wc xcmd
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