Sounds like you would have been better off taking the machine to the parts
depot and working there. :-))
Paul Nelson
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Office 512-392-2577
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 9:10 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Cume PTFs
From: Paul Nelson
Not that this has anything to do with computers............ :-))
I'll bring it back full circle. The following account may not be suited for
younger or more sensitive audiences.
IBM was here all weekend. Parts got couriered in at all hours, and I got
reacquainted with my CE who, as it turns out, I'd known from the dark past
at SSA.
Anyway, upshot: third planar board is the charm.
First one they sent on Saturday was for a newer model 270. CE had them send
another. That one got installed and came up half-way, far enough to tell us
the control panel was bad. Control panel delivered late Saturday night, and
once that was installed on Sunday, it said that the planar board was not
completely good. Order more parts.
In the wee hours of Monday morning, the new planar board arrives, and later
Monday morning the machine finally comes up, only to tell us that a DISK
DRIVE was blown. Courier one of those over, and we're finally up and
rebuilding the RAID set.
So, after all that, I've finally got the machine back up to where it was
before I blew out the dust. But what I love is that, after all that, I
didn't lose a single byte of data, and the machine is humming along as if
nothing has happened.
Oh, it gives me the CPI1160 amnesia error, and I have to call IBM to get my
12-digit magic serial number, but other than that, we're up and running just
fine, thank you.
Moral of the story: never blow out the dust. Dust bunnies hold the magic
smoke in the chips.
Joe
P.S. Can anybody tell me the difference between the 3006 memory DIMMs used
in a model 820 and the 3026 DIMMs used in a model 270? They're both 512MB
DIMMs with what looks like exactly the same packaging, but I worry about
trying to use them. The 820 chips are WAY cheaper than the 270 chips on
ebay!
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