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PostPosted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 4:12 pm    Post subject: inherited an old dec alpha, giving beep code. links? Reply with quote

Old dec alpha
ev50 (? poor handwiting on label)
gives 5 beeps on power on, and no video

anyone got usefull links?
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 4:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Different model of machine, but hopefully still applicable: this post to the alphalinux mailing list suggests that 5 beeps is the signal for "no memory present".

Google is your friend. The above link was the first result for

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"5 beeps" dec alpha

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