DEC MicroVAX 3100 85 Troubleshooting Instructions page 18

The following example shows a system with a memory error that only affected one
set of memory out of two· sets. Because some memory is still usable, the system
proceeds to automatic bootstrap if the HALT action is set to a boot condition.
KA55-A or KA51-A V2.3, VMB 2.14
Performing normal system tests.
74 .. 73 .. 72 .. 71..70 .. 69 .. 68 .. 67 .. 66 .. 65 .. 64 .. 63 .. 62 .. 61. .60 .. 59 ..
58 .. 57 .. 56 .. 55 .. 54 .. 53 .. 52 .. 51. .50 .. 49 .. 48 .. 47 .. 46 .. 45 .. 44 .. 43 ..
42 .. 41. .40 .. 39 .. 38 .. 37 .. 36 .. 35 .. 34 .. 33 .. 32 ..
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Test_Subtest 40 06 Loop_Subtest=OO Err_Type=FF DE_Memory_count_pages.lis
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15 .. 14 .. 13 .. 12 .. 11. .10 .. 09 .. 08 .. 07 .. 06 .. 05 .. 04 .. 03 ..
16 MB RAM, SIMM Set (OA,OB,OC,OD) present
Memory Set 0: 04000000 to 04FFFFFF, 16MB, 0 good pages, 32768 bad pages
64 MB RAM, SIMM Set (1E,1F,lG,1H) present
Memory Set 1: 00000000 to 03FFFFFF, 64MB, 131072 good pages, 0 bad pages
Total of 80MB, 131072 good pages, 32768 bad pages, 136 reserved pages
Tests completed.
Loading system software.
(BOOT IR5: 0 EZAO)
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-EZAO
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16 MB RAM, SIMM Set (OA,OB,OC,OD) present
Memory Set 0: 04000000 to 04FFFFFF, 16MB, 0 good pages, 32768 bad pages
64 MB RAM, SIMM Set (1E,1F,1G,1H) present
Memory Set 1: 00000000 to 03FFFFFF, 64MB, 131072 good pages, 0 bad pages
Total of 80MB, 131072 good pages, 32768 bad pages, 136 reserved pages
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Operating system messages start here; that is VMS ...
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Abbreviated error message for memory error
Memory errors normally cause the results of a SHOW MEMORY display to occur
after the tests are completed and before continuing. SHOW MEMORY is the
most useful command to determine which memory SIMMs are bad when memory
errors occur.
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