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In article <1992Aug26.065516.187@kahuna.asd-yf.wpafb.af.mil>, nieland_t@kahuna.asd-yf.wpafb.af.mil writes...
>The attached is being posted on behalf of one of the DECUS US Chapter VMS 
>Systems SIG Digital Counterparts.  Contact your local Digital Office for more 
>information. 
> 
>-- 
>Ted Nieland				nieland_t@kahuna.asd-yf.wpafb.af.mil
>(513) 476-4639				nieland@ted.hcst.com
>Hassler Communications Systems Technology
> 
>                                                            August 1992
> 
> 
>Dear VAX 4000 Model 200 customer,
> 
> 
>You will recall that a letter was sent to you dated January 1992 explaining
>that Digital Equipment Corporation had discovered a problem with the floating
>point processor section of the CPU chip used in VAX 4000 Model 200 systems.
>This letter also explained that Digital would replace all VAX 4000 Model 200
>processor modules that had been shipped prior to December 1, 1991 to rectify
>the situation.
> 
>Please be advised that the VAX 4000 Model 200 CPU upgrade offer is only good
>until December 1, 1992. We advise that you contact your local Digital Services
>representative to have your VAX 4000 Model 200 processor modules purchased
>before December 1, 1991 replaced.
> 
>If you have already upgraded your system or have made arrangements to do so,
>please disregard this notice. Otherwise, you will have until December 1, 1992
>to take advantage of this upgrade offer.
> 
> 
>Sincerely,
> 
>Donna Mundy Skillings
>Product Manager
>Entry VAX Systems Business

	My local DEC representative came and installed some FPU-checking
      program on our VAX 4000-200, that supposedly checks the floating
      point chip for the above mentioned problem. When I asked for an
      upgrade she said 'No need to, since FPU_TEST hasn't discovered any
      errors'.
	Am I right to believe that no matter what, I can get my CPU board
      (my VAX's CPU not my brain! :-)) upgraded, even if FPU_TEST hasn't
      so far discovered this problem?  Should I "demand" for the CPU
      upgrade???

	There is another problem with the VAX 4000 model 200 and VMS 5.4-2
      Some of the SYSLOAxxx.EXE files are buggy and the result is performance
      slowdown. The problem is fixed in VMS 5.4-3. I managed to get a free
      upgrade to it before the warranty period expired. VAX 4000-200 owners
      make a note of this problem and upgrade to a higher VMS version.

	  Thank you in advance for any help,
	  Panayotis Kassapidis

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