i have a 5k200 board that does the same thing. after swapping a lot of
memory in and out, i decided that the board finally died. :( 


On Sat, 18 Oct 2003, Urban Boquist wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I have managed to get my hands on this wonderful old DECsystem 5000/200,
> but it won't start. It is a server model with no graphics card. The
> serial console (the one marked #3) is totally quiet when I turn the
> machine on. It seems to be somewhat alive though, the power supply
> fans are on, a green LED on the front is on, and the 8 diagnostic LEDs
> on the back seem to say something to me. Here's what they say:
> 
>     0111.1110    for about three seconds
>     1011.1101    (or something similar) flashes very quickly,
>                  then back to 0111.1110, repeats forever
> 
> I found some manuals on the net, and according to one of them, 0111 in
> the left four LEDs indicates a faulty memory module in slot 0. I have
> three memory modules to play with, but no matter which one I try I get
> the same result.
> 
> However, if I try completely without memory in the machine I get this
> on the LEDs:
> 
>     0111.1110   for about two seconds
>     0111.0011   after that, and it stays like this
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
>         -- Urban
>