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by engr

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The following error message keeps showing on my "Digital Alpha 5000". (EISA NVRAM BAD)
I tried to use a diagonistic utility from Compaq but it didn't work.
Has anyone experienced such an error message..??

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by todd o.

Gateway's technical support database provides the following clues at http://www.gateway.com/support/faq/server/30654.shtml

According to Gateway, the problem indicated by this error message is that "The computer's EISA storage is invalid or corrupt and needs to be corrected." That should be enough to get you pointed in the right direction as you work with Compaq's technical support (good luck--they have not impressed me at all) to find out how to obtain and use tools similar to those provided by Gateway.

by engr

Thanks, I just used a newer version of the Configuration utility and it worked

by mckaytech

Uh-oh.... this is an ugly message to see on a discontinued and presumably out-of-warranty product. The EISA bus is a higher-performance variant of the now obsolete ISA bus and the NVRAM is, in essence, the BIOS for that bus.

Don't accept this without checking further, but from memory, I believe that fixing this requires replacement of the system board.

paul

by engr

thanks, I just used a newer version of the Configuration utility and it worked

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