Firmware doesn't load

< class='quote'>[b:]Bruce Claremont wrote:[/b:]
Would you mind running CPU-Z on your system and posting the CPU information?

www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

Processor

Name Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T5670
Code Name Merom
Package Socket P (478)
Technology 65 nm Core VID 0.900 V

Specification Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5670 @ 1.80 GHz

CPU-Z writes more information than that - if you want anything else, let me know. Thanks for looking into this.

I just discovered that putting the laptop to sleep causes PersonalAlpha to stop the emulator and there doesn't seem to be any way to "pause" the emulator or save its state. (I guess if there was, folks wouldn't have any reason to purchase the commercial product?)

<hr>GEIN::SMITHFARM

Try disabling the idle loop and booting under FreeAXP.

Putting a system to sleep would disrupt any Alpha emulator. At the very least it would trash the network components. The emulators are reproducing real hardware behavior. Alphas have no concept of hibernation.

< class='quote'>[b:]Bruce Claremont wrote:[/b:]
Try disabling the idle loop and booting under FreeAXP.


OK, once I figure out how to disable it, I'll let you know. (If anyone can give me a hint, that would be great.)

Smithfarm (off to peruse the System Manager's manual)

P.S. If that turns out to be the problem, is there an idle-loop equivalent for FreeAXP? Pegging one of the CPUs in my laptop at 100% causes the laptop to run significantly hotter.

<hr>GEIN::SMITHFARM

All hints will be appreciated but I did manage to remove the IDLE package completely. The System Manager's Manual wasn't much help, but I did the following:

$ dir sys$manager:*idle*

Directory SYS$COMMON:[SYSMGR]

SYS$IDLE_REMOVE.COM;1

Running this script removed the IDLE package completely. When I booted up the system in FreeAXP the login problem disappeared. Sorry, I didn't realize I had installed the Personal Alpha idle package right before the login problem appeared.

So... now, how to get the idle functionality in FreeAXP. Running FreeAXP causes my CPU temperature to go up a full 20 degrees.

<hr>GEIN::SMITHFARM