Re: System Bad error 05012900

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <3eg8om$n91@s-cwis.unomaha.edu>,
SCOTT ANDREW MOBERLY <smoberly@s-cwis.unomaha.edu> wrote:
>I just got off of work to come home to a very nasty suprise.
>Crash and burn wherever I turn; turn on the system that is.  So, I did the
>self test and ended up with a message saying something to the effect of
>system bad

>        To be specific it spat "05012900" out after a mess of text
>                         filled the screen.

>Anyway I checked the cards first and it seems the system is "OK" wihtout
>the Zip GSX ver 1.02.  Any suggestions on what I could do to salvage this
>board?

   Does ANYBODY ever read the manuals for things? Why do I feel that
I'm a real rarity when I read the manuals (sometimes before using
stuff, sometimes after :) and then people ask questions that are in
them. Anyhow, with a Zip GSX installed, your system will _always_ fail
the self test. If it does work, your Zip's got a problem. [I've
got a 9/32 Zip 1.02, and it fails the sys test at 05012A00, but my
system works fine]

   Did you try running your GS without the Zip installed? You
obviously took it out to make it pass the self test, but was your
system stable or not? If it's still unstable, tell us in more detail
what's mucking up.

Nathan Mates
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