Re: infamous 74F623 problem

[Marc Zyngier <maz@misterjones.org>]

>>>>> "Harmon" == Harmon Seaver <hseaver@gmail.com> writes:

Harmon>    So how do you tell if a multia has this problem? I've got
Harmon> one I bought on ebay (sold as non-booting) for parts, and
Harmon> looking at the 74F623 chip, I see a sort of brown looking spot
Harmon> at the center -- does this mean that it burnt out? And, if so,
Harmon> I can repair the motherboard by just replacing it?

Brown spot is certainly an indication of a dead 74F623. My own VX40
would manage to boot to SRM, load the kernel, and slowly die
because of correctable ECC memory errors (I assume the 74F623 is
connected to the memory subsystem). Never finnished booting.

Carefully removing and replacing the little bugger should bring the
Multia back to life, provided that there is no other pending problem.

	M.
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