The problem turned out to be a bad SIMM module. Most of the replies said
1) look at man pages for eeprom.
2) use setenv command at the eprom command and set the test-memory option
3) make sure the simm is seated properly.
Thanks to all those qhoe replied. Sorry if I missed anyone !!!
Ilkka Virtanen
mhill@dseg.ti.com
kobrien@pmel.noaa.gov
Eric Parr
poffen@sj.ate.slb.com
vlirner@saturn.poly.edu
Eric.Burger@telecnnct.com
Michael Harris
merworth@chpc.utexas.edu
dbp@INEL.GOV
odt@cc.bellcore.com
kalwa@IMW.TU-Clausthal.DE
rae@decux.nvg.com
hellerpd@aa.ab.com
J. Bern
eckhard@ts.go.dlr.de
a.beckett@fmlrnd.co.uk
Steve Elliott
szh@zcon.com
Heas
Dave Brown
mike_p@phantom.com
jayl@lattice.com
meystel@impaqt.drexel.edu
M Solda
P.Herlihy@state.com.au
hanson@pogo.fnal.gov
nick@dsd.es.com
Kevin Mah
------------------ QUESTION ---------------------
>
> I was trying to add a 16 MB SIMM module on my IPX to get a total of 48 MB
> of memory. I already have two 16 MB modules in the machine. Per Sun IPX
> manual (p 129), I should just have to plug the new SIMM in U0309 slot (the
> other 2 SIMMs are in slot U0308 and U0310). However, the problem is that the
> IPX never recognizes the 3rd SIMM. It only recognizes 2 SIMMs. Also, at boot
> time, I get the following message on the Console:
>
> Testing 1 MB of RAM. Still to go 1 MB
>
> and the values "1 MB" never changes
>
> Will someone please help ???
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