Interpreting Video Error Messages; Example Of Turbochannel Error Message Format - DEC Personal DECstation 5000 User Manual

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13.3 Interpreting Video Error Messages

13.3 Interpreting Video Error Messages
When the powerup self-test diagnostics encounter a failure, a formatted error
message is displayed such as shown in Figure 13–1 below. In this particular
example, a problem was detected with the SCSI control portion of the base
module.
The key pieces of information which led us to this conclusion are that the
failure was detected on TURBOchannel slot 3, the base module. The problem
was with the SCSI subsystem, and was specifically the controller. Finally, the
diagnostic identified the module as the KN02-CA.
Figure 13–1 Example of TURBOchannel Error Message Format
INDICATES THAT AN ERROR OCCURRED
?TFL 3/scsi/cntrl (3: cntxfr) [KN02 CA]
REPRESENTS NUMBER OF SUB TEST
THAT FAILED
REPRESENTS A POSSIBLE MESSAGE
THAT DESCRIBES THE FAILURE
REPRESENTS THE MODULE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
Table 13–1 and Table 13–2 contain reference material that is useful when
interpreting error messages.
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REPRESENTS THE SLOT OF THE MODULE THAT REPORTED THE ERROR:
3=BASE MODULE, CPU AND MEMORY; 0=OPTION IN SLOT 0; 1=OPTION IN SLOT 1
REPRESENTS THE INDIVIDUAL TEST
THAT FAILED
REPRESENTS THE INDIVIDUAL SUB TEST
THAT FAILED