load SROM

Paul V. Bolotoff walter at alasir.com
Fri Apr 11 14:41:18 UTC 2008


SROM firmware isn't software erasable. In order to update, you need to locate the
SROM chip first, pull it up and use a ROM programming device. However, if a
particular processor runs well if single installed, SROM corruption isn't the
case probably.

Paul

On Thu Apr 10  6:28 , 'Rafael Ruiz' <gandano at gmail.com> sent:

>Hi All!
>I have to alpha slot B processors 667/4 and two UP2000 boards. I only get it
>work with only one processor. When i plug the second processor, system not
>boot, and srom led of second cpu stay on forever.
>
>I think the problem is srom problem(corrupted) of any processors, and i
>would like to know how i can  to restore it in both processors.
>Anybody knows how i can to do this?
>Can i to load srom from floppy?
>
>I can reading srom mini-debugger document.
>
>Best,
>Rafa





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