Powerup Problem on AS2000

[Jay Estabrook]

On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 07:55:51PM +0200, Michael Kronsteiner wrote:
> 
> I thought i have an alphaserver 2000... it SHOULD be an AS2000...
> i do have right here a board with all the poweron/off reset, halt switches
> that
> 
> a) says Demisable which is an 2000A and not a 2000 (compatible?)
> b) has broken switches on it (the "everything closed" microswitch AND the
> poweron/off switch...

DEMI-SABLE (AS2000) is half a SABLE (AS2100); ie only 2 CPU boards
possible.

> PS: thanks Jay i found the switch, but after poking once around in the hole,
> with a "clink" the metal part of the switch left service alone...

Sigh... :-(

If there's any way to get the cover off the box that holds the switch,
perhaps you could tinker with it a bit.

Good luck.

 --Jay++

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